Comments on: What Globalization? Indian Govt. wants Google/Yahoo/Microsoft to Host Indian Email accounts ending with .in, servers in India

By: Gogs

Gogs — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:28:54 +0000

I guess ,Some where they have read china has more population then india but crime rate is less then india.
They things this is the way they can control the crime rates. or illegal activates, But have they gave a second thought. if google is not there then what will be the problem, We will not get instant solution.
That means we will not get the solution of problem faster then other. IT is biggest thing to improve india.
this is the field indian are known for. once govt put barer on this. They are putting barer on growth.
well we cannot say them , they only see once face of coin. So we have to be ready to go back to 1990′s.

By: manish jain

manish jain — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:16:58 +0000

WHERE IS INDIAN HEART, IN THE INDIAN MAP OR HUMAN HEART???? DILLI OR CALCUKKA
WHAT IS THE NEXT NAME ::: BHARAT ::: THE GOLDEN BIRD ::: HINDU ::: HINDUSTAN::: INDIA ::: ??????????

By: One Stop Technology Shop

One Stop Technology Shop — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:23:34 +0000

[...] this isn’t the first time, govt. has mulled over such ‘technically-challenged’ decision. Few months back, the government wanted Google/Yahoo/Microsoft to Host Indian Email accounts ending with .in, [...]

By: Munim

Munim — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:03:15 +0000

What does this new act mean?
Does it mean that as a citizen of India, I can’t open any email accounts which don’t end with “.in” or don’t have their servers in India?

By: Ashish

Ashish — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:56:17 +0000

Right. And that means having a defined treaty with govt. and companies HQed in those countries (asking them to move everything to India and even a .in domain speaks of tech awareness of our bureaucrats).

By: Rajs

Rajs — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:56:55 +0000

Not sure if what govt wants to do is really do-able. But if it is and finally materializes, there may be a one time business opportunity for some (indian data center companies will have to grow as lots of data will have to be moved and hosted!).

By: Arun

Arun — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:09:56 +0000

When information required for government, it should be in a position to access. Their should be a way for government to get it. In the case of Blackberry, RIM was in denial mode.

Of course that has to be fairly used.

By: Arun

Arun — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:44:21 +0000

Domain isn’t that matter. I don’t advocate doing that. May be because of not so wise people creating standards/compliance. But If data centers are kept in India, helps in forensic research.

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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:51:08 +0000

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By: Nilesh

Nilesh — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:10:02 +0000

Well, the .in domain registrar (NIXI) works under Indian government. They may probably use it to ensure that .in domains are hosted in India thus making it possible to issue cease-and-desist orders and share users info of any kind.

In theory, that is. Even if it helps stop terrorism, I’m more concerned about the loss of privacy for law-abiding citizens. The government will start acting like a terrorist in the name of protecting you against terrorists. A scenario from “1984″ is not that far fetched.

By: Nilesh

Nilesh — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:04:23 +0000

Shhh.. Don’t give them more ideas !

By: Ravi Rao

Ravi Rao — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:53:35 +0000

Arun – I am wondering how does google.in will help indian govt. to cope up with terrorism?

“European Union prohibits transfer of personal data to non-European countries with out European “adequacy” standard for privacy protection.” – and that’s why innovation happens outside Europe. (no direct impact, but this is how economics works)

We will create a reverse route/anti-globalization if we even try doing this.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:37:18 +0000

Talking about globalization – we are creating an entry barrier for other global services to come to India. What if govt. asks Twitter to restrict twitter ids from India (and share data?) ? Or start Facebook to share indian user data? Where do you draw the line?
These are related to globalization – in all aspect of the word ‘Global’. We cant stay in silo with archaic technology.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:28:23 +0000

“India is having every rights to force anybody adhere by its standard” – And you make China out of India.
WHat makes you believe that changing the domain name will help the govt? Can’t terrorists login to their .com account and do the same?

By: Arun

Arun — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:13:05 +0000

You are confusing and misleading.

These enforcements are no way related to globalization.

1. Data Protection.

Do you think India is the only country enforced this? No. European Union prohibits transfer of personal data to non-European countries with out European “adequacy” standard for privacy protection.

By your argument European Union is also killing globalization.

India is having every rights to force anybody adhere by its standard(Though I doubt government has visionaries to establish a standard)

2. NIC infrastructure.

Yes, I agree they need to improve it. These are the places where critical information may leak.

But that doesn’t prevent India from enforcing privacy & data protection for citizens.

3. Cracking blackberry.

RIM doesn’t want to compromise security on their service. But government wanted to monitor the data for security concerns. At last resort they cracked blackberry. I am happy they are able to do that. There is nothing wrong with, government should have ultimate say.

Do anything relate this to globalization? No.

We talk about data security and privacy, since we something about. There are lot many people who don’t what happens with personal data. It is governments jobs to do this for them.

By: Pavan

Pavan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:56:52 +0000

Hehehe

second china in becoming.God help us