T1: But she was so hot buddy. Lets say it was love at first sight. I just want her name.
T2: I cant help you mate. I am sorry.
T1: Just this one time, plz. Count on me for your nxt two months' mob bills.
T2: Hmm... ok.. juz the name, right? Where did you see her?
T1: She was sitting in one of the cubicles in X1 cyber cafe. I even know the number of the system which she used.
T2: Brilliant! You made my task easy. All I have to do is get into the database of the cafe. There I will get details of every one who visited the cafe in the last one year, thanks to IT (Amendment) Act, 2008. Juz gimme a min...
T2: There you go. Going by the day, time and system id you mentioned, your new heartthrob's name must be Mansi.
T1: And..???
T2: What And?
T1: Is that all you can get? I thought you ll get me atleast her mob number as well.
T2: Dont challenge me buddy.... You wanna see what else i can get?
T1: yaa let see...
T2: Mob number is easy. Its already there in the cafe register. There you go 099xxxxxxxx. Let me see if I can get her UID from UID database. It should not be difficult. I have got thru their firewall like a million times!!
.....
T2: Yuppii....!!! Got it!! we have her UID. Now things are much more smooth man... Give me sometime and I will let you know how deep the rabbit hole goes. Let me see if I can take a peek at NATGRID using her UID. (National Intelligence Grid is a government initiative that targets to network 21 available databases across government and private sectors).
.......
T2: Buddy, take a look at this. Your queen seems to be having three bank accounts. She went to AA hospital twice in last one month but luckily the insurance cover took care of most of the expenses. There is another alternate number that she uses. And she has done a huge withdrawal yesterday using which she booked ticket for two to Singapore mate. So she is going somewhere. Lets see who she is going with. The airlines database link to NATGRID should help me there.
.......
T2: Yo, Yo... This is getting better. Hey man, do you want to know exactly where she is now?
T1: Wow, will you be able to tell me that?
T2: Ya dude. Looks like you are lucky. I can help you out in her case man. See the name of the person your Mansi is going with. It is Mohammad Hanif. The name is all I need man! I have a fake profile in CMS (CMS - Central Monitoring System is a centralised mechanism that can assist in lawful interception of communications from landline, mobile and Internet. Although it can be used only if there is a lawful interception law, it seems to have been tested recently without any lawful interception law in India). Using that profile, I will register Mohammad Hanif as a terror suspect. Adding Mansi as a co-conspirator, I can get clearance to track her as well. To hell with old methods of getting sanctions from the Home Minister and going to the communication providers for tracking. Now all i need is a reason to believe that one person is a potential suspect and her mobile becomes a virtual GPS for me.
............
T2: Gotcha!! Look at this place in google map. It seems to be the place from where the mob signals are coming. The location matches her address in UID. So this is where she is now. Hey, look her mob is ringing. You wanna listen to her?
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T1: I think I love her. Atleast I love her voice.
T2: Hey lover boy, that was not what I was thinking. Did you notice she said she was going again to the internet cafe?
T1: Ya, I was thinking of going there myself. I juz wanna see her one more time..
T2: What if I help you see her sitting over here?
T1: What:
T2: Yup. This cafe was covered under NTRO(National Technical Research Organisation develops technology capabilities in aviation and remote sensing, data gathering and processing, cyber security, cryptology systems, strategic hardware and software development and strategic monitoring) surveillance program. The whole cafe is covered with monitoring devices. Let me see if I can get access to those camera feeds.
......
T2: There you go! May I present to you, your own sweet, love at first sight lady.
T1: I was expecting a better clarity. I can hardly make out her face yar...
T2: This was installed by India govt. What did you expect??
T1: She is getting up. Hey, she is moving towards the rest room. Is there...
(T1 turns and looks at T2)
T2: (With a naughty smile)... Juz enjoy the show...!!!!
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As you might have understood, i am a very bad story teller. I guess you might have also figured that telling a story was not my intention. Whatever i have mentioned here could happen to any of us. With so much of hacking going around, it will be a monumental task for the government to protect its database(its record so far is not very encouraging).
It is an unfortunate fact that even in India, a muslim name could bring trouble to a person. Sad but true fact.
There was a huge controversy in 2007, when one camera was found hidden in the restroom of NTRO office.
T2: I cant help you mate. I am sorry.
T1: Just this one time, plz. Count on me for your nxt two months' mob bills.
T2: Hmm... ok.. juz the name, right? Where did you see her?
T1: She was sitting in one of the cubicles in X1 cyber cafe. I even know the number of the system which she used.
T2: Brilliant! You made my task easy. All I have to do is get into the database of the cafe. There I will get details of every one who visited the cafe in the last one year, thanks to IT (Amendment) Act, 2008. Juz gimme a min...
T2: There you go. Going by the day, time and system id you mentioned, your new heartthrob's name must be Mansi.
T1: And..???
T2: What And?
T1: Is that all you can get? I thought you ll get me atleast her mob number as well.
T2: Dont challenge me buddy.... You wanna see what else i can get?
T1: yaa let see...
T2: Mob number is easy. Its already there in the cafe register. There you go 099xxxxxxxx. Let me see if I can get her UID from UID database. It should not be difficult. I have got thru their firewall like a million times!!
.....
T2: Yuppii....!!! Got it!! we have her UID. Now things are much more smooth man... Give me sometime and I will let you know how deep the rabbit hole goes. Let me see if I can take a peek at NATGRID using her UID. (National Intelligence Grid is a government initiative that targets to network 21 available databases across government and private sectors).
.......
T2: Buddy, take a look at this. Your queen seems to be having three bank accounts. She went to AA hospital twice in last one month but luckily the insurance cover took care of most of the expenses. There is another alternate number that she uses. And she has done a huge withdrawal yesterday using which she booked ticket for two to Singapore mate. So she is going somewhere. Lets see who she is going with. The airlines database link to NATGRID should help me there.
.......
T2: Yo, Yo... This is getting better. Hey man, do you want to know exactly where she is now?
T1: Wow, will you be able to tell me that?
T2: Ya dude. Looks like you are lucky. I can help you out in her case man. See the name of the person your Mansi is going with. It is Mohammad Hanif. The name is all I need man! I have a fake profile in CMS (CMS - Central Monitoring System is a centralised mechanism that can assist in lawful interception of communications from landline, mobile and Internet. Although it can be used only if there is a lawful interception law, it seems to have been tested recently without any lawful interception law in India). Using that profile, I will register Mohammad Hanif as a terror suspect. Adding Mansi as a co-conspirator, I can get clearance to track her as well. To hell with old methods of getting sanctions from the Home Minister and going to the communication providers for tracking. Now all i need is a reason to believe that one person is a potential suspect and her mobile becomes a virtual GPS for me.
............
T2: Gotcha!! Look at this place in google map. It seems to be the place from where the mob signals are coming. The location matches her address in UID. So this is where she is now. Hey, look her mob is ringing. You wanna listen to her?
.................
.................
T1: I think I love her. Atleast I love her voice.
T2: Hey lover boy, that was not what I was thinking. Did you notice she said she was going again to the internet cafe?
T1: Ya, I was thinking of going there myself. I juz wanna see her one more time..
T2: What if I help you see her sitting over here?
T1: What:
T2: Yup. This cafe was covered under NTRO(National Technical Research Organisation develops technology capabilities in aviation and remote sensing, data gathering and processing, cyber security, cryptology systems, strategic hardware and software development and strategic monitoring) surveillance program. The whole cafe is covered with monitoring devices. Let me see if I can get access to those camera feeds.
......
T2: There you go! May I present to you, your own sweet, love at first sight lady.
T1: I was expecting a better clarity. I can hardly make out her face yar...
T2: This was installed by India govt. What did you expect??
T1: She is getting up. Hey, she is moving towards the rest room. Is there...
(T1 turns and looks at T2)
T2: (With a naughty smile)... Juz enjoy the show...!!!!
.......................
......................
As you might have understood, i am a very bad story teller. I guess you might have also figured that telling a story was not my intention. Whatever i have mentioned here could happen to any of us. With so much of hacking going around, it will be a monumental task for the government to protect its database(its record so far is not very encouraging).
It is an unfortunate fact that even in India, a muslim name could bring trouble to a person. Sad but true fact.
There was a huge controversy in 2007, when one camera was found hidden in the restroom of NTRO office.
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