WhatsApp encryption may have made the messaging app illegal in India
 

WhatsApp encryption may have made the messaging app illegal in India
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WhatsApp's decision to encrypt all chats and calls for its one billion users across the world by default earlier this week, may have made the popular messaging app illegal in India.

See also: WhatsApp **w supports end-to-end encryption on all its apps


WhatsApp encrypts its messaging using a 256-bit key. However, according to a 2007 rule issued by India's Department of Telecommunications, private companies can**t use encryption higher than 40-bits without permission from the Indian government.

"** one can see inside that message. **t cybercriminals. **t ******s. **t oppressive regimes. **t even us. End-to-end encryption helps make communication via WhatsApp private – sort of like a face-to-face conversation," WhatsApp founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum said in their an**uncement. Read more...

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