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Auctioning, Allotment, Biometric Authentication: Some Features of the New Telecom Bill

Among the significant overhauls in the Bill is the introduction of a system to do away with the licensing regime and the stipulation for a biometric authentication of telecom customers.

#TelecomBill #SatelliteSpectrum #biometrics #licensing #surveillance #india

https://thewire.in/tech/telecom-bill-spectrum-allocation

@nixxin has a nice summary of the draconian #telecombill tabled in the parliament today: https://nitter.in.projectsegfau.lt/nixxin/status/1736712985203089898

> Basically,all Internet services (messaging, email, cloud, video) will be telecom services regulated by DoT, requiring govt authorisation+verifiable biometric authentication of users & available for interception, & can be taken over by the govt if there is a national security issue

This impacts all Internet startups in India.

If you are in Bangalore and interested in conversation around #TelecomBill, come to this session today.
https://has.gy/w49f

Just imagine what happens when govt wants access to all machine to machine transmissions and turns out your pacemaker emits data. #TelecomBill

I am curating a talk on #TelecomBill from networks and protocols perspective. This talk by Vivek Jathanna of Exotel looks into different transport layer and application layer protocols of telecom infrastructure. If you are in Bangalore, come tomorrow.

Today is the last day to send submissions to the draft #TelecomBill 2022. This bill has the power to crash the entire internet ecosystem in India, social and economic.

Hey #commodon #india #mastindia, can you help amplify 👆 this message by @nixxin about India's draft #TelecomBill that threatens to usher in a #surveillance state in #India?

Also, could you please post this in your other networks and communities? We need to get people talking about this and not let it fly under the radar...