If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
- India's Supreme Court Opens Investigation Into Targeting Of Indian Citizens' Phones By NSO Malware
- Sci-Hub's Creator Thinks Academic Publishers, Not Her Site, Are The Real Threat To Science, And Says: 'Any Law Against Knowledge Is Fundamentally Unjust'
- Indian Gov't Orders YouTube To Block 20 Channels For 'Blasphemy' And 'Impinging On National Security'
- Sprint Throttled Skype Without Telling Anyone... And Nobody Seems To Care Much
- Belgian Court Fines Microsoft For Failing To Comply With Its Impossible Order
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
I can remember
Apparently the correct answer to that question is: government officials....
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: I can remember
Any child who shows a tendency to go for whack-a-mole games could be targeted for additional instruction in critical thinking skills!
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Re: I can remember
Too late, they're already off to Fort Bragg, Langley, Calcutta, and Sony BMG for early training on how to get those moles, get 'em real good like....
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
A global oxymoron
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Look at both sides of the issue
There is an alternative: Skype needs to share its encryption code with the Indian authorities, after which there is no issue.
Why don't you ask why Skype can share it's code with US and China governments but not India? India doesn't usually engage in Internet censorship, unlike China.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Look at both sides of the issue
This isn't a case of a government trying to censor legitimate methods of communication - it's an issue of national security. If Skype has been willing to share information with other goverments in the past, why not India?
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Re: Look at both sides of the issue
For that, Skype would need to share their encryption keys, which they won't admit to having shared with any outside agency.
You think Skype pisses them off, wait until people start using Zfone in any substantial way.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Look at both sides of the issue
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
(when describing the Indian authorities... not a person)
at least that was my experience when I visited India last, To give them their due its a fairly consistent from the person you meet at passport control to everyone else who works in Govt. offices.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Not the real reason
The Indian telecom companies have been loosing a lot of money because of Skype. They are the real pressure to ban Skype.
Any intelligence reason is just an excuse.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]