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Under Public Pressure, India Withdraws Draft Encryption Policy

Posted by timothy on from the rewording-furiously dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The government of India withdrew its draft policy on encryption owing to public responses just a day after releasing the document. The Communications and Information Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said — "I read the draft. I understand that the manner in which it is written can lead to misconceptions. I have asked for the draft policy to be withdrawn and reworded." While it is encouraging that the government recognized it mistake and withdrew, many fear that this is part of a larger problem when it comes to this government taking technology policy decisions. Recently, the government was in the dock for its lack of clarity on Net Neutrality.

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  1. Do the needful by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Informative

    They yanked the link posted yesterday, but how's this for a pretentious domain name?

    >> "DIETY.gov.in" - http://deity.gov.in/sites/uplo...

  2. Misconceptions? by sims+2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    What misconceptions? It seemed to be a pretty clear F U to anyone that might use encrypted communications as part of standard business practices.

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