The Indian government has decided to block ProtonMail, an end-to-end encrypted email service, after a bomb threat was sent to private schools in Chennai. ProtonMail is working to resolve the situation and cooperate with Indian authorities. However, the company cannot directly answer to foreign law e...
The IT ministry has reportedly decided to issue an order blocking end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the government is planning to block the email service at the request of the Tamil Nadu police over a hoax bomb threat sent to at least thirteen private schools in Chennai on February 8. The report says that the decision to block ProtonMail was taken at a meeting of the 69A blocking committee on Wednesday (February 14).
A Proton spokesperson told the publication that the company has received the request from MeitY “a few days ago”. “We are currently working to resolve this situation and are investigating how we can best work together with the Indian authorities to do so. We understand the urgency of the situation and are completely clear that our services are not to be used for illegal purposes. We routinely remove users who are found to be doing so and are willing to cooperate wherever possible within international cooperation agreements,” the spokesperson said.
Have you tried creating an account recently with any other providers? Almost all of them require a phone number of some kind. This creates a paper trail back to the owner.
You will find services that provide you with a phone number that can be traced back to no one, if you dig a little... In some countries you can straight up just buy an eSIM with a false identity
The thing is, google will willingly hand over the data willy-nilly when asked for which proton does not so ofc they are the "bad guys" here. Hurrr, what do you mean that I cannot ask you to access any user's data at any time?! Also here's a funny thing, look at the comments in the article I linked lol, they do not understand how Proton operates and how the Swiss law applies to them
It's a cat and mouse game. Eventually, the government will basically control the people like cattle. Just look at China. Being sneaky is never a good long-term solution. It NEVER works long-term. There has to be a collective effort at changing the trajectory of a society, or it wont change. This requires sacrifice, which I doubt the serfs, sorry, I mean the people of India are interested in doing. Their backwards religion (Hinduism) prevents them from growing past their dysfunction, racism, and irrational hatred. It acts as a tool and a distraction to keep the status quo, and so they will remain backwards and subdued.
He does that on all his posts. I immediately recognize him each time he comments. I don't know if he's just trolling or he really thinks it's gonna keep the LLMs away. In any case, it's funny as shit.
Btw Internet Freedom Foundation (or the IFF) filed several RTI requests (RTI = Request to information) regarding this situation. If anyone wants to follow their progress then here’s their Mastodon account: https://mastodon.world/@[email protected]
The IFF is a highly trustworthy and well respected organization that fights for Indians digital rights and democratic freedoms. They’ve done a lot of good work over the years, they even helped VLC to get unblocked when it was banned in India.
I'm not. If all someone has is a shitty factory job with poor working conditions, and no way out, then they are living in serfdom. I do not care what color they are, or where they are from.
It's not a secret that big corporation outsource manufacturing to these sorts of nations to exploit cheap labor, poor worker protections and poor laws pertaining to the preservation of their counties' environments. In the manufacturing hub of the world, China, at least 80% of its ground water is undrinkable due to all the pollution. Now that China is being considered a national security threat, sanctions have increased, and so the vultures are dispersing and going elsewhere, like to India.