Hello, These are links to a comparative essay on the encryption debate in India in light of the American crypto-wars. It explains the short-sightedness of the Indian government's statist, control-oriented response to private encryption. The government claims that encryption threatens national security but, for instance, when it pushed for Blackberry data localisation ostensibly to facilitate lawful interception, the results actually damaged security. As India looks ahead at mass digitization projects including a controversial biometrics-based payments system, economic development, national security, and of course free speech will be tied to cyber-security which depends on strong encryption. The essay was written for the Raisina Dialogue, a 'track one' Asian security conference.
Click for PDF: https://notacoda.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/acharya_encryptingindia_raisinafiles2017.pdf Click to read on Medium (without footnotes): https://medium.com/@bhairavacharya/breaking-ranks-with-asia-the-case-for-encrypting-india-55a339b82cfb Best, Bhairav. -- <https://bhairavacharya.net/> <https://twitter.com/BhairavAcharya> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhairavacharya> bhairav.acha...@berkeley.edu
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