[LINK] Mumbai attacks show up India's technology shortcomings

[David Boxall]

<http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSBOM33944720081211?sp=true>
> Indian police are grappling with global positioning systems (GPS), 
> satellite phones and Google Earth images on the trail of the Mumbai 
> attackers and finding themselves hobbled by technological inadequacy.
> 
...
> "The use of technology has made it very difficult for us," Param Bir 
> Singh, a top officer in Mumbai's anti-terrorism team, told Reuters.
> 
> "For the people we are dealing with, money is not a problem, and even
>  the ones that are not very educated are trained in all manner of 
> devices and know how to make interception difficult."
...

And the inevitable reaction:
> In Mumbai, a public interest litigation filed by a city lawyer has
> sought a ban on Google Earth for providing easy access to "sensitive"
> defence and civilian establishments, which poses a security hazard to
> the country, according to local newspapers.
> 
> Earlier this year, Indian security agencies expressed fears the
> BlackBerry e-mail device could be used by militants to send e-mails
> that could not be traced or intercepted.

-- 
David Boxall                         | "Cheer up" they said.
                                      | "Things could be worse."
                                      | So I cheered up and,
                                       | Sure enough, things got worse.
                                       |              --Murphy's musing