National Intelligence Grid to be setup for Rs 1,100 crore

India's Government and Intelligence Agencies are getting ready to bend over for some hardcore penetration by the CIA and Big boss Obama.

As reported earlier on this blog : The State of Surveillance Technology

It will be modelled on the lines of the system developed by Palantir Technologies for the CIA, it will however take many years to achieve the sophistication levels of the system currently used in the US.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html

CCS approves Rs 1,100 crore for NATGRID 

New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) Government today approved Rs 1,100 crore for purchase of technological equipment to kickstart the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) which plans to link 21 categories of databases for ready access by intelligence agencies.

The Cabinet Committee on Security, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its nod to the proposal of NATGRID for acquisition of certain technological items mentioned in the Detailed Project Report (DPR), Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters here.

He said the proposal was for purchase of technological items for Horizon-I and some elements of Horizon-II of NATGRID. NATGRID is conceptualised as a constantly evolving tool that will mature over several horizons with additional functionalities and enhancements over a period of time.

The NATGRID will have access to 21 categories of database like railway and air travel, income tax, bank account details, credit card transactions, visa and immigration records. The project is expected to facilitate robust information sharing by security agencies and law enforcement agencies to combat terror threat.

As per the initial plan, access to the combined data will be given to 11 agencies, which include central intelligence agencies and the National Investigation Agency among others.

The idea was floated after the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack. (BULL-SHIT begins here.) Many feel that had NATGRID existed, Lashkar-e- Taiba operative David Headley would not have a free run prior and after the 26/11 strike. <----------(BULL-SHIT ends here.)

The CCS had approved the setting up of NATGRID on April 8, 2010.  As mandated by the CCS, a DPR on NATGRID was prepared. The CCS accorded its "in principle" approval to this DPR in on June 6, 2011.

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/ccs-approves-rs-1100-crore-for-natgrid/1011659.html

To be or not to be Anonymous

There is no such thing as Anonymity on the Internet. You can remain anonymous only as long as no one is interested in knowing who you are. Once that changes it is not too difficult to determine the identity, location of individuals provided one has enormous resources at once disposal and sufficient power( i.e government agencies).

To err is human and all one needs to do is wait till the person choosing to be anonymous commits a mistake. Sadly, that is the nature of the Internet, every action of yours leaves an electronic trail than can be traced to a computer, mobile network and region.

To rephrase an old quote...

You can be anonymous to some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but nobody can be anonymous to all the people all the time.

Nobody has learnt this lesson better than our Hacktivist friends at Lulzsec who were unmasked last month  after their leader turned out to be an FBI informant.

As I have previously posted, Political Activists in India have been tracked over the Internet leading to their arrests and murders. Indian security agencies have been trained and are being assisted by foreign agencies in this effort.

A Police academy in Hyderabad has emerged as hotspot for carrying out this training, surveillance along with other centres in Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Chennai.

It is believed that One in four US hackers 'is an FBI informer'. The FBI and US secret service have used the threat of prison to create an army of informers among hackers all over the world.

In such a scenario it won't be surprising to know that many of the anonymous pro-maoist websites, could have links to security agencies in India and abroad and unknowingly have helped them keep a tab on Maoist supporters and trap the occasional Maoist leader.

Many of these website attract new sympathisers like a honey pot and leave them exposed to surveillance.

Trust no website or person on-line. If you don't understand the Internet stay away from the Internet and people who spend time on the Internet. Kindly read this Disclaimer about visting this website.

This is just a reminder to readers of this website and other blogs.