Smartphones are fast becoming means for terrorists to recruit people and communicate with each other, NSA Shiv Shankar Menon said adding the same technology has been used for mobilisation and social protests by groups, including AAP in India and protesters during the ‘Arab Spring.’ Menon said, “We see terrorist groups using the same technology (mobiles or smart phones) for recruitment, for communication and even though with much less success, so far, as a weapon.
” He said the phone devices have also been used as an instrument to spread “lies and rumours” and even in India, people had to leave their homes in large numbers due to such activities, an apparent reference to exodus of people from North-East mainly from south India two years ago.