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Indian Government Threatens RIM, Skype With Ban
gauharjk writes "India's Department of Telecommunications has been asked by the government to serve a notice to Skype and Research In Motion to ensure that their email and other data services comply with formats that can be read by security and intelligence agencies, or face a ban in India if they do not comply within 15 days. A similar notice is also being sent to Google, asking it to provide access to content on Gmail in a readable format."
It's this kind of mercantilistic selfishness that leads to the third world continuing to be the third world. Engineering, Science and Art is not a zero-sum game. And if you're a blue-collar worker, well, that's on the level of luddism. Better yourself instead of complaining.
Emotions! In your brain!
Looks like slashdot is infested with disgruntled hypocrite American techies. I can't see any other reason why the above comment was not modded 'Flamebait',
I second you :-)
I have a lot of respect for America as a nation and I accept the immense contributions that America has made to the world in the past century. However, I just CANNOT stand the whining disgruntled American middle class techies who infest slashdot like bacteria.