India is on the verge of cracking on the messaging and voice based services which sends encrypted data which is not readable over internet. There is a strong rumour that after Blackberry India might be looking at possible ban for Skype and Google Voice.
Blackberry got into serious trouble last few weeks after Indian and Saudi Arabian government demanded RIM to make them available all messages sent via blackberry which is currently not possible as RIM servers are not in India or Saudi Arabia.
I personally do not use Blackberry as I have nothing do hide about :-) but I know people who are totally shocked this decision, they don't want the government to know about their activities, personal, social or business.
Although Indian government have given RIM upto Aug 31 to fix this issue, no one knows if RIM can comply to the demands.
Today, Financial Times reports that after blackberry, India will target Google Voice and Skype. Why would they do that? Well, they basically don't want you to do activities which can't be traced back to you.
"There was consensus that there [is] more than one type of service for which solutions are to be explored. Some of them are BlackBerry, Skype, Google etc," according to the department's minutes. "It was decided first to undertake the issue of BlackBerry and then the other services."
What would be life with Blackberry, Skype and Google Voice? Whats going to get a ban next? Let us know your feeling about this possible crackdown.
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