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The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End Encryption
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by
Gurshabad Grover, Tanaya Rajwade and Divyank Katira
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published
Jul 12, 2021
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last modified
Jul 12, 2021 08:18 AM
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filed under:
Cryptography,
Intermediary Liability,
Constitutional Law,
Internet Governance,
Messaging,
Encryption Policy
A legal and technical analysis of the 'traceability' rule and its impact on messaging privacy.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETF
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by
Aayush Rathi, Gurshabad Grover and Sunil Abraham
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published
Nov 30, 2018
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last modified
Jan 22, 2019 07:29 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Cryptography,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
IETF,
Encryption Policy
The institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental agencies to focus adequate resources geared towards achieving favourable outcomes at standards development fora.
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jan 12, 2016
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last modified
Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Source,
Cybersecurity,
Open Data,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Patents,
Openness,
Open Innovation,
Encryption Policy
The Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
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Openness
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The Short-lived Adventure of India’s Encryption Policy
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by
Bhairav Acharya
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published
Nov 27, 2015
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last modified
Nov 29, 2015 09:03 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Encryption Policy
Written for the Berkeley Information Privacy Law Association (BIPLA).
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Online outcry forces government to withdraw draft encryption policy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 01, 2015
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filed under:
Encryption,
Encryption Policy,
Internet Governance
The article by Naina Khedekar discussing encryption policy was published in First Post on September 23, 2015. Pranesh Prakash has been quoted.
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News & Media
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‘By weakening our security, govt is putting us at risk of espionage’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 27, 2015
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last modified
Oct 02, 2015 03:09 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Encryption Policy,
Privacy
After the BlackBerry encryption and IT Act fiascos of recent years, the government last week sent yet another cyber policy howler, the Draft National Encryption Policy, only to withdraw it in the face of severe protests. S. Raghotham and Mayukh Mukherjee spoke with Pranesh Prakash, policy director, Centre for Internet & Society, on the government’s continued misadventures with data privacy and encryption.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Bowing to public pressure, govt withdraws draft encryption policy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 22, 2015
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last modified
Oct 01, 2015 02:15 AM
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filed under:
Encryption,
Internet Governance,
Encryption Policy
Bowing to pressure from the public, the government on Tuesday withdrew a draft policy that sought to control secured online communication, including through mass-use social media and web applications such as WhatsApp and Twitter.
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