Deleting a WhatsApp Message Could Become Illegal in India

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The next time you read a message on WhatsApp, don't delete it - there's a chance you might be asked to show it to the police, and you might need to be able to show the message in plain text for 90 days after receiving it. That is if using WhatsApp is even legally permitted anymore.

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has posted a draft National Encryption Policy on its website inviting mailed comments from the public on its mission, strategies, objectives, and regulatory framework, which you can send to akrishnan@deity.gov.in, until 16th October 2015. A lot of the details mentioned in the draft guidelines are worrying, and this is a topic that concerns every consumer.

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/fe...-message-could-become-illegal-in-india-742503

Next: Receiving a message also could become illegal.
 
Scanned through the NDTV article. What a shoddy piece of reporting.

Some gems from the FA:

"preamble starts by talking about improving e-governance and e-commerce through better security and privacy measures, it very quickly brings up national security as well"

Oh wait .. Since when has national security become a bad thing?

"We're living in a time when the government talks about how WhatsApp and Gmail may be used by "anti-national elements","

Nopes. You are living in a time when whatsapp and gmail *are* bing used by anti-national elements.


Just more fear mongering by 2 penny hacks. Looks like NDTV is still on paki's payrolls.

The reporter should have mentioned a few examples of great countries which *do not* monitor internet traffic.
 
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Well, it does say this:

All information shall be stored by the concerned B / C entity for 90 days from the date of transaction and made available to Law Enforcement Agencies as and when demanded in line with the provisions of the laws of the country. In case of communication with foreign entity, the primary responsibility of providing readable plain- text along with the corresponding Encrypted information shall rest on entity (B or C) located in India.
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And this -

B / C groups (i.e. B2C, C2B Sectors) may use Encryption for storage and communication. Encryption algorithms and key sizes will be prescribed by the Government through Notification from time to time.
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And also this -
B / C groups (i.e. B2C, C2B Sectors) may use Encryption for storage and communication. Encryption algorithms and key sizes will be prescribed by the Government through Notification from time to time.
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On demand, the user shall be able to reproduce the same Plain text and encrypted text pairs using the software / hardware used to produce the encrypted text from the given plain text. Such plain text information shall be stored by the user/organisation/agency for 90 days from the date of transaction and made available to Law Enforcement Agencies as and when demanded in line with the provisions of the laws of the country.
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Linky: http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tech/mo...y-not-be-allowed-to-delete-chats-1107129.html
 
I think it's a draft open for debate before it's finalized and amended.
This Kind of a sensationalism our TV media indulges in more often than actual news reporting.
 
I think the more concerning parts are these:
This is in many ways similar to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's draft letter on Net Neutrality, which instead talks about issues like cyberbullying and 'sexting'. In the feedback period, Trai received over 1 million emails but the Department of Telecom report on Net Neutrality also went against public sentiment, suggesting that telcos should be allowed to charge extra for specific services, such as Skype or WhatsApp Voice calls in India, showing that calls for feedback aren't necessarily being taken seriously.

And, with the National Encryption Policy, another problem that is shared with the Net Neutrality discussions, is the use of vague language. The result is that there is very little clarity at this point on what is, and what is not, permitted by the government. We're living in a time when the government talks about how WhatsApp and Gmail may be used by "anti-national elements", and even considered requiring Twitter and Facebook to establish servers in India. With that in mind, you have to ask, is it even legal to use WhatsApp? After all, WhatsApp messages have end-to-end encryption and if this service does not register in India, and comply with the algorithms prescribed by the government, then as a citizen of India, you aren't allowed to use it.
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As for the title, I think John Oliver made a point quite succinctly, people don't care about things until they are made aware of it in simple words (watch from 23:30)
 
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Its the fault of the MSM, Khangress and Nehru. Don't blame it on Mudiji okay? He is going to send Sonia and Pappu back to Italy within 6 months of coming to power and give you 15 lakhs and bring back all the black money in 30 days. You will see you petty fools.
 
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Obama also said same for Freedom Act.
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And your point is?

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New Patriot Act too.
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Yup. And the patriot act kept America safe from terrorist attacks for 7 years after 9/11. A period in which innocent people in pretty much every country, including India, got butchered at the hands of jihadis. Obama has not been able to match that performance.
 
avi said:
The next time you read a message on WhatsApp, don't delete it - there's a chance you might be asked to show it to the police, and you might need to be able to show the message in plain text for 90 days after receiving it. That is if using WhatsApp is even legally permitted anymore.

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has posted a draft National Encryption Policy on its website inviting mailed comments from the public on its mission, strategies, objectives, and regulatory framework, which you can send to akrishnan@deity.gov.in, until 16th October 2015. A lot of the details mentioned in the draft guidelines are worrying, and this is a topic that concerns every consumer.

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/fe...-message-could-become-illegal-in-india-742503

Next: Receiving a message also could become illegal.
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i am still waiting for your news item of whatsapp calling being charged coming true.

https://www.techenclave.com/communi...whatsapp-viber-the-likes.167794/#post-1969711

one year and still no progress.

not surprising in darinder moodys Endia.
 
NEW DELHI: Shortly after a controversy erupted over government's proposal to investigate on every message that an individual will send via WhatsApp, SMS, or Google Hangouts, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology clarified in a draft that social media websites and applications will be exempted from the purview of the Encryption Policy.

According to the draft posted by Deity, there are certain categories of encryption products that will be exempted from the purview of the draft national encryption policy.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...of-encryption-policy/articleshow/49053032.cms
 
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And your point is?

Yup. And the patriot act kept America safe from terrorist attacks for 7 years after 9/11. A period in which innocent people in pretty much every country, including India, got butchered at the hands of jihadis. Obama has not been able to match that performance.
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Suuuureee...
 
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