India 'may shut down' Google and Skype services

[n2doc]

Friday, 13 August 2010

India may shut down Google and Skype Internet-based messaging services over security concerns, the Financial Times reported on Friday, as the government threatened a similar crackdown on BlackBerry services.

The Financial Times quoted from the minutes of a July 12 meeting between telecommunication ministry security officials and operator associations to look at possible solutions to "intercept and monitor" encrypted communications.

"There was consensus that there more than one type of service for which solutions are to be explored. Some of them are BlackBerry, Skype, Google etc," according to the department's minutes. "It was decided first to undertake the issue of BlackBerry and then the other services."

On Thursday, the Indian government became the latest of several nations that have threatened to cut off Research In Motion's encrypted BlackBerry email and instant messaging services if the Canadian company does not address national security concerns.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/india-may-shut-down-google-and-skype-services-2051630.html

[hedgehog]

1. This makes me wonder if these countries have been engaged in

industrial espionage.

[amandabeech]

4. It wouldn't surprise me much. n/t

[liberal N proud]

2. I say let them

This amounts to suppression of the masses.

Google and Skype, Blackberry and other should tell the Indian government to take it and shove it up their asses in the name of open and fair information for all.

[msongs]

3. google is not your friend nt

[DainBramaged]

5. India, where we can't go to work, and all of retail is Mom and Pop single locations

But they come here on H1B visas and bleed our economy.

[L0oniX]

6. The message is ...if we can't hack into your shit you can't use it here.