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Looks like they did ban them if this is trustworthy source
(e)People are speculating that because india didn't ban signal or whatsapp, they have backdoors. Source
Hmm, so they've been banned for over a year. I wonder why they'd start actually doing a door-to-door crackdown now.
Also, Tuta is relatively trustworthy. It's more that since they offer encrypted email services, they often get blocked under these kind of orders as well, so they are pretty active in arguing against such blocks. Tuta has been blocked in Egypt and Russia, for example. Despite that being true, in many ways, it's an ad for their service, and a type of public relations that involves them "showing" that they "care" about this issue, so they seem like a "responsible" corporate entity.
I'd never heard of them before but they seem like a solid alternative to proton.
Strangely enough I can access Element's website just fine. I've heard it being blocked by some ISPs but my ISP hasn't blocked it (yet). I'm glad that the privacy conscious and open source crowd in India are aware of and use F-Droid so this stupid and illogical ban (which I've known about since December of 2023) is easily circumvented. Funnily enough, BJP's hold over the Indian people seems to be loosening because of some really poor decisions taken by the government after they won last year in the elections, especially with taxes. Satisfying to watch them slowly crumble.
Yeah now we'll have to suffer INC's tyranny, yet again, will India ever get a good politcal party ?
Indian politics basically works on cult of personality atp and considering the trend of the last 20-30 years regarding which party formed the government, it feels like it's a dual party system in all but name to be honest.