<http://www.hindustantimes.com/onlineCDA/PFVersion.jsp?article=http://10.81.141.122/news/181_1104972,0006.htm> : HindustanTimes.com Prove identity to surf net in Bangalore Press Trust of India Bangalore, November 15 Advertisement Internet surfers in over 50,000 cyber cafis across Karnataka now need to show an identity proof before browsing the web. With an aim to prevent misuse of the Internet by criminals, the state government has made it mandatory for all such cafes to have a record of net users, failing which the police can impound their licenses. "We are introducing this law to check anti-social elements and anti-national activities. Internet is a great medium for communication, but people can also carry out a lot of such (illegal) activities through it," state IT secretary K.N. Shankaralinge Gowda told here. According to the new norms, a surfer needs to display his/her identity card at the cyber cafi or be photographed by a web camera by the attendant before logging on. Printed From -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'