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India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on scale

11 pointsby starsepabout 2 years ago

2 comments

LinuxBenderabout 2 years ago
Mirror [1]<p>FTA: <i>According to the Indian Express 14 mobile applications that provided end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging services or enabled peer-to-peer (P2P) messaging, namely &quot;Wickrme, Mediafire, Briar, BChat, Nandbox, Conion, IMO, Element, Second line, Zangi, Threema, Crypviser, Enigma, and Safeswiss&quot;, were blocked in India following the recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) beginning of May. These apps have been blocked under Section 69A of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000.</i><p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.is&#x2F;SmbD0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.is&#x2F;SmbD0</a>
acc-qwertyabout 2 years ago
worth reading!