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The Indian government has authorized 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt data on any computer, sending a shock wave through citizens and privacy watchdogs.
Narendra Modi’s government late Thursday broadened the scope of Section 69 of the nation’s IT Act, 2000 to require a subscriber, service provider, or any person in charge of a computer to “extend all facilities and technical assistance to the agencies.” Failure to comply with the agencies could result in seven years of imprisonment and an unspecified fine.
In a clarification posted today, the Ministry of Home Affairs said each case of interception, monitoring, and decryption is to be approved by the competent authority, which is the Union Home Secretary.
The move should do wonders for the Indian IT industry.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Saturday December 22 2018, @10:37PM (1 child)
So now any company that outsources project development to India will have to worry even more about their trade secrets or confidential designs getting stolen.
What was that line?
"The odds of a secret getting leaked is proportional to the square of the number of people who know it."
Not that many small companies/startups worry about that anyway. Oh the stories I could tell if not for NDAs :)
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 23 2018, @08:05PM
Never under estimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of encrypted micro SD cards.