India is now going to force Google and Skype to allow the Indians to spy on private Internet communications. RIMM has already been pressured to do the same. The supposed reason for this is state security. I think this is a big price to pay for the companies involved to have to comply with India's requirements. True, India might catch a few terrorists or criminals, but is it really worth the loss of communication privacy. How do we know that corrupt officials might not use the stolen information to fatten up their pockets? A similar problem surfaced earlier in China where the Chinese government is scared to death that someone might find out the truth by searching on Google.
It is evident to me now that the democracies will fail because the freedom of privacy and free speech can no longer be tolerated in the world. The world is now on the path to an absolute dictatorship because of this issue and the need for beefed up security everywhere. It will be impossible to have any privacy and freedom of expression. Everything you do will be known and controlled.
So what can we do about it? Not much, unless we refuse to do business with countries like China and India, but I don't think that is going to happen. Maybe some sanctions? Hello Congress, anyone, is anybody listening? Any comments?
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