India has toughened its scrutiny of telecoms firms with a directive demanding "access to everything".

An Indian Home Ministry official told the BBC that "any company with a telecoms network should be accessible".

"It could be Google or Skype, but anyone operating in India will have to provide data," he said.

The move follows high-profile talks with Blackberry maker Research in Motion about ways to allow Indian security forces to monitor data.

[bbc.co.uk...]

It's not just India .... the list of Government interference and security monitoring seems endless. But it's not always for democratic and good purpose. That's my biggest concern.