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The government is developing technology to eliminate chances of communication leakage of officials from mobile phones, an official from the Ministry of Electronics and IT has said.
“Gadgets have become a source from where chances of espionage have increased. Mobile phones are most vulnerable and even set-top-boxes can be compromised. For mobiles, the government is developing a solution to prevent unauthorised access to communications of government officials,” an official source told PTI.
He said the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing in Hyderabad has been working on the technology and expects to complete the project soon.
“The problem is India does not have its operating system. Therefore, there are apprehensions that mobile communication may be getting leaked. There have been several cases as well where hackers have taken control over phone to access communication of officers,” the source said.
Giving more details, the MeitY official said the technology will act like a layer between the operating system of a mobile phone and communication of officials.
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