Sebagai tindak lanjut tersingkapnya tabir informasi dari New York Times bahwa pemerintah Australia memiliki akses untuk menyusup ke jaringan komunikasi milik Telkomsel dan Indosat, Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika (Menkominfo) Tifatul Sembiring mengeluarkan peringatan bagi kedua operator tersebut dan mengancam akan menutup kedua perusahaan tersebut jika terbukti berperan aktif dalam proses penyusupan tersebut. Telkomsel sejauh ini merupakan operator telekomunikasi terbesar di Indonesia dengan 120 juta pelanggan dan Indosat dengan 50 juta pelanggan.
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The Government Isn’t Going to Shut Down Telkomsel and Indosat Following Australian Spying Allegations
Following the revelations by the New York Times that the Australian government has access to snoop in on phone communications made through Indonesia’s Telkomsel and Indosat cellular networks, Indonesia’s minister for communications Tifatul Sembiring issued a warning on Tuesday that both telco companies may face shutdown if found to be active parties in the breach. Telkomsel is the leading mobile company in the country with over 120 million subscribers and Indosat is among the top three with over 50 million subscribers.
[DS Notes] Greater Calls For Encryption Following NSA Spill
As the fallout of the Edward Snowden case continues, American journalism professor Jeff Jarvis posted an opinion piece for Guardian arguing for increased encryption for private communications. He argues that Internet companies owe it to consumers to provide a secure communications line that will maintain their right to privacy and must stand by that right in pushing for greater transparency when governments make a request to turn over user data. On a related note, increased encryption has impeded a handful of court-approved US government surveillance, reports Wired. While the numbers are tiny compared to the entire effort (15 out of nearly 3400), 2012’s Wiretap Report marks the first time in the report’s history that the US federal government acknowledges wiretapping failure due to encryption. This follows Cnet’s report in April about iMessage causing problems for the DEA.