Daily Times

Sir: Facebook is often in the news for the various reasons and on the many fronts. As for technology, rules and regulations should cope with its growth and penetration. Otherwise, related ramifications will be very much on the cards.

For example, the US’ proposed wiretap [accessing telephone line] law seems to be an effort to prevent the possible threats posed by fast-growing technology.

The Indian government had been demanding for long that Research in Motion (RIM) should give access to BlackBerry’s data and closed user group traffic. And the reason for India’s insistence on access to BlackBerry’s data is that great technologies like mobile and Internet have almost come in handy for the terrorists now.

Right now the governments and the IT sector have huge responsibilities towards such issues. And they should come forward to find the best possible way to resolve the threats posed by the growing technology to the security and the people’s privacy.

P SENTHIL SARAVANA DURAI

Mumbai, India

Published in Daily Times, March 29^th 2018.