Court Reserves Order on ProtonMail Ban, Urges Government Action

On March 21, 2025, the Karnataka High Court reserved its order on a petition seeking a ban on Proton Mail. The court deemed the petition's national security concerns and potential criminal misuse issues as serious matters.

The Union Government made reference to a mutual assistance agreement with Switzerland while detailing the specific procedures necessary for blocking.

The advocate for the company argued that the servers are outside of India and are not amenable to Indian Laws.

The government faced court pressure to act and the case remains pending as of now, with no decision announced.

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A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

The French National Assembly on March 20, 2025, voted against Article 8 from an anti-drug trafficking bill that would have gutted end-to-end encryption. The proposal required messaging platforms such as Signal and WhatsApp to implement backdoor access through a "ghost participant" model for encrypted communications.

The Assembly made privacy its top priority achieving a major victory. The EU's Chat Control proposal represents one of many similar measures that continue to exist globally. The presence of backdoors in systems creates vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can exploit.

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