Government’s cleaning, WhatsApp and social media not included on encryption dispute

It is possible that in the coming days, there will be a big change in the way of using WhatsApp or other communication service on the phone. The central government is considering making a policy under which users and companies will have to store all messages. This disclosure was made by NDTV on Monday. Within a few hours of the revelations, the government has clarified its status regarding the proposal of the new encryption policy. The government said that social media will not come inside the proposal which is being discussed right now.

1. The draft copy of the new encryption policy was condemned on the Internet. After this, the government gave clarification on the whole matter.

2. When you send a WhatsApp message, it automatically intoxies and then after reaching the other user, it automatically becomes a decry and turns into a plane text.

3. The inkription occurs in a service like WhatsApp and Apple’s iMasage itself. During the dialogue between the two users, the encryption keys on both devices work automatically. In such a situation, the user has nothing to do.

4. Information about the language of the new National Inclusion Policy on which the central government has sought feedback from the public is worried about the language. It clearly wrote that the user will have to store plane text messages for 90 days. (Click the original draft here and read.)

5. According to the draft issued by the Ministry of Information and Technology, “All service provider working from outside India and India who are providing any service through encryption technology, Central Government to provide service to them in India Will have to compromise with. “

6. The language of the policy was very flexible, due to which many apps and WhatsApp like service were coming in its JD. After getting a negative response on social media, the government said that social media, internet banking and e-commerce will not come under the new guidelines.

7. For other categories, if this policy is approved, platforms and services that do not compromise with the government for encryption will be declared illegal in India.

8. Companies or businesses (not included internet banking, social media and e-commerce) will have to keep an encrypted and plane text message store. And if the government investigating agencies demanded, they will also have to provide messages.

9. It is 2010. The then UPA government and Blackberries had come face to face to intercept the company’s email server and Blackberry Messenger service. The government then even said that if Blackberry does not let the country’s security agencies use its server, the Blackberry Messenger service will be banned. In the end, there was an agreement between the government and Blackberry, under which the government could also intercept the message sent from the platform of BlackBerry.

10. You can also give feedback on the National Inclusion Policy proposed by the government. To you akrishnan@deity.gov.in But you have to email.