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India has directed GitHub to disable access to the repositories of Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s decentralized Bluetooth mesh messaging application, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act and the IT Rules, 2021. According to the official notice issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), authorities argue that Bitchat’s decentralized architecture, lack of mandatory user registration, absence of centralized logging, and ability to operate without internet connectivity make lawful interception and criminal investigations significantly more difficult.

  • thenextguy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Streisand effect much? I’ve never heard of this, but it sounds interesting. GitHub isn’t the only game in town. I expect to see this become more widespread. (There’s already 2.8k forks)

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      My github is just a clusterfuck of improperly documented keyboard firmwares, but it now also contains fork of bitchat. Performative, maybe, but kinda feels right. And if they all get taken down, maybe I need a codeberg account and the zip file I also saved.