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Indian Government Threatens RIM, Skype With Ban

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-we-hear-you-now dept.

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."

2 of 281 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So what happens if google says ok!? by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Informative

    The problem is that RIM can't comply - their system is designed so that only the customer has the decryption key. The customer creates the key, not RIM. If India wants the key, they have to sue the customer, not RIM.

  2. Re:It all means nothing by Cimexus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oblig: Australia does not have a web filter.

    It only had an (unpopular) proposal to do so courtesy of a couple of retarded senators. Which has now basically been scrapped. The legislation never even made it to being drafted, let alone introduced into Parliament and debated.

    Problem with Slashdot is that people read a few hyped up, overly dramatic headlines and think they know what's going on ;)