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How Twitter reacted to India's draft encryption policy

After a huge backlash over the union government’s new draft encryption policy making it mandatory to store data in plain text (unencrypted) format for 90 days, the government has now confirmed some exemptions.

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Tech2 News Staff|Sep 22, 2015, 11:55:15 IST

After a huge backlash over the union government’s new draft encryption policy making it mandatory to store data in plain text (unencrypted) format for 90 days, the government has now confirmed some exemptions.The union government has released a draft National Encryption Policy document online seeking methods of encryption for data and communications used by the government, businesses, and even citizens. So, an ‘expert panel’ from the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) is set to have prepared the draft. Looks like the experts have got it all wrong about how importance of data encryption.Let's take a look at how Twitter reacted to the new draft encryption policy by the government:https://twitter.com/CNbiriyani/status/646208845073678336https://twitter.com/quizderek/status/646206179107074048https://twitter.com/tavleen_singh/status/646174453555007488https://twitter.com/pranesh_prakash/status/646164649436549120https://twitter.com/pranesh_prakash/status/646046984642494464https://twitter.com/pranesh_prakash/status/645478153620582401https://twitter.com/iPingIT/status/642271059232731140https://twitter.com/bobbygarewal/status/646176519484604416https://twitter.com/jatindes/status/646175910249426944

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First Published:Sep 22, 2015, 11:55:15 IST
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