India to seek US help in monitoring messaging services such as BBM, WhatsApp and Viber


India will seek US help to intercept chats from mobile messaging services such as Viber, Whatsapp, Skype, WeChat and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), according to a recent report from The Economic Times. Police chiefs of both the countries would meet in the national capital in a two-day meet on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the matter, says the agenda note circulated by the Indian Home Ministry.

There are reports from the intelligence bureau that anti-social elements and terrorists might be using these mobile messaging services. It also adds that, access to their web servers in India is required for legal interception of communications in real time for timely action by security and intelligence agencies. Since these messaging services use data, it is not easy to trace the person unless you get access to their servers.

There is no guarantee that the required information will be provided at all, said the Indian Union Home Ministry in its note.


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