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Crackdown on open source E2EE apps in India (self.privacy)

submitted 6 days ago by Ritsu4Life to c/[email protected]

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Is it just me, or the government of India is cracking down of all end to end encryption apps like signal and element.

Cause I guy who works for the police came to my house and asked whether I use signal and element

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[–] Stewbs 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait wait wait when did Element get banned? I did not know this. Also you're right, these politicians are faaaar from understanding how Open-Source works or even how software works lol, this is just pathetic at this point. Also the traffic stops point, when did this start happening? and in which states? This is scary and extremely concerning.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hyderabad also a fun fact Indian supreme Court has ruled that WA messages are not admissible in court.

https://internetfreedom.in/iff-assisted-in-sending-a-legal-notice-to-the-hyderabad-police-commissioner-regarding-search-of-mobile-phones-for-keywords-such-as-ganja/

Apps were banned only in Jammu and Kashmir

https://tuta.com/blog/apps-banned-india

[–] Stewbs 4 points 5 days ago

Really ironic but also sad cause it shows the dysfunction of the Indian legal system, laws are there but proper enforcement is not and the distrust people have in the police is for a good reason. Laws are subject to the ruling party's will, it can be legal when it benefits them and illegal when it does not and the loopholes some of them have is another story unto itself lmao

Oh yeah I knew that, I thought another ban was enforced which made it nation-wide. My bad!