In a statement on Thursday, the California-based messaging platform said: “Requiring traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption and the private nature of WhatsApp, creating the potential for serious misuse.” The firm would not weaken its privacy protections as people rely on WhatsApp for sensitive conversations, including with their doctors and banks, spokesperson Carl Woog said.
Reacting, the government reiterated the company should step up its act in tracing the origin of fake texts — a subject of dispute between the two sides for long. “WhatsApp should give a more firm assurance of compliance with Indian laws. It should establish a grievance office with wide network and set up an Indian corporate entity, subject to Indian laws, in a defined timeframe,” a source from the information technology (IT) ministry said.
Two days ago, things looked settled after WhatsApp Chief Executive Officer Chris Daniels met IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi to discuss ways to prevent the spread of fake messages. After the interaction, the minister had briefed the media, saying WhatsApp would try to work out a solution. Daniels and his team had refused to comment on the decisions taken at the meeting.
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