WhatsApp Could Soon get Banned in India – In India, companies need to follow the country’s rules and adhere to specific types of encryption.
WhatsApp could have accidentally entered into troubled waters here in India by enabling its end-to-end encryption for all. The new security feature by WhatsApp is not what is required by the Indian telecom rules and WhatsApp could face a ban, if the rules are not adhered to. But not yet.
According to the reports of leading web portal, the Indian rules state online services are only permitted to use up to 40-bit encryption and If they need to use higher encryption standards, they need to seek permission from the government. WhatsApp on the other hand offers 256-bit key for encryption of all chat messages.
After Apple’s problems with the FBI over unlocking an iPhone for retrieving encrypted data splat all over the internet, tech giants such as Apple and Google backed Apple’s decision on refraining to help the FBI to unlock the device. The major reason for Apple not helping the FBI was user’s data privacy and security norms. But the FBI managed to crack open the phone without any help from Apple, which is not a big question if the user’s data is even secure and private anymore.
In India, companies need to follow the country’s rules and adhere to specific types of encryption, which WhatsApp does not currently use. WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption on its chat service means that WhatsApp or anyone else won’t be able to crack open its contents. Only the sender and the recipient are able to read the encrypted data.
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