[governance] GPS mandatory on all mobile phones to be manufactured in India.

[Harish Pillay]

> In this article, the sub-section titled "malware can turn on webcam" is what
> causes concern. This danger is explained in greater detail in the article
> http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/how-hackers-can-switch-on-your-webcam-and-control-your-computer-20130328-2gvwv.html
>
> My concern about GPS is on a similar abuse of technology.

The GPS chips are receive only. The information it receives is then used
by whatever application to then do as the application pleases based on
the permissions granted to the application by the device.

Most technologies have dual purpose possibilities. A person trying to
track her family via GPS enabled devices and appropriate apps would say
that this is a wonderful thing and at the same time, be concerned that since
she can track her family, so can anyone else. What is needed is trusted
applications that declare what they are doing (along with view of the
source code)
to ensure that nothing is amiss and that there is a clear and defined set
of considerations that are enumerated and understood.

Harish

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