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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."
Terrorists, even when very successful, effect a tiny percentage of a population.
You might want to read up on affect vs effect
It's time to remind the world that the Internet is the result of US DoD research.
It is a privilege to connect to it, not a right.
India, China, and other countries with false sense of entitlements -- take note -- the plug can be pulled.
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India is an authoritarian state
Well... I am an Indian and that is news to me.
Most middle class Americans are hypocrites. They are well known for ad-hominem attacks on other countries and cultures instead of getting off their ass and speaking to their own home-grown politicians etc. who are the root cause of all their problems in the first place.