Government Access to Encrypted Communication
- Deeptika Singh
- June 28, 2020
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The purpose of this research paper is to examine the effectiveness of encryption and to the extent it becomes a minacious. The research aims at explaining in detail the very meaning of encryption, how it affects our way of communication and does it safeguard our privacy.
My research finding indicated that though encryption aims to protect the privacy of users it has its deficiencies and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages in small scale is the flow of erroneous and inaccurate the flow of information and at large scale, rackets of child pornography and planning of crimes, etc. because of which there has always been scrimmage between governments and private service providers, which is one of the main subject matter of this research paper. Countries have form legislation to work and regulate the working of such applications like Australia U.S.A, China, etc. whereas India is still working on the formulation of such legislation. One of the attempts made by the government was the creation of the Draft of National Encryption Policy which did not gather enough support from experts and citizens and was ultimately withdrawn. The research paper greatly deals with all the regulations, law, provisions, acts, bills that have been made regarding the encryption in India. As India at this time do not have any law specifically devoted to encryption which makes it extremely difficult for the government to manipulate foreign companies’ services to form it according to the needs of the country.
