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India Blocks Code Sharing Websites On Anti-Terror Advisory

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-code-for-you dept.

darkstar019 writes The Indian government has banned websites under the pretext that ISIS is using them for anti-Indian purposes. The list includes code sharing websites like Pastebin, Github and Sourceforge. As of now, these websites are still up. From the article: "Officials from the department of Information Technology and the department of telecom were not available for comment. 'These are all providing very dangerous kind of cut and paste services..You can take code, cut it, paste it, remove it, delete it,' said one government official who requested anonymity."

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  1. Holy shit by PrimeWaveZ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Copy, paste, remove, delete?

    This is why we invented nukes, people.

    1. Re:Holy shit by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Funny

      With Github and Sourceforge cut off, that's about what, 1/4 of their coding output right there?

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  2. very dangerous kind of cut and paste services? by wisnoskij · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "You can take code, cut it, paste it, remove it, delete it"
    OH, the humanity!

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  3. Anonymously by spauldo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd request anonymity too, if I went around in public saying stupid crap like that.

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  4. Indian programmers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a surprise; the best vector for attacking Indians is via copy & paste code snippets.

  5. Re:at least not stackoverflow by wisnoskij · · Score: 4, Funny

    This question has be closed as Not Constructive.

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