Indian government is actively considering amending Information Technology Act to allow the investigating and intelligence agencies to monitor internet network and gateways.
Media reports quoting sources said the Centre is mulling a request by various security agencies especially the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for amending the Information Technology Act.
The sources further said, "the email account, sent from Yahoo service provider using a French domain (fr), was created a day before the blasts by suspected terrorists whose apparent aim was not to expose the actual perpetrators of the crime."
The monitoring of network would enable different agencies to gather "real-time information and take necessary preventive measures."
According to an internal paper sent to the Indian Government said that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was being misused by some people, posing a serious threat to national security.
"The calling person in a foreign country makes a call through calling cards. Once he or she calls any number to India using calling cards, the call is routed through VoIP gateway in the foreign country where the voice signals are converted into data packets," the report said.
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