Encryption is the new challenge facing law enforcement not just in India but around the world. Social media apps such as WhatsApp and Viber have gone ahead and provided end-to-end encryption (E2EE) communications to users. Law enforcement officials have said that this makes it impossible for them to engage in legitimate monitoring of communications by terrorists and criminals.
Encryption is not a new technology and forms the backbone of secure communications and data transmissions over the Internet. Without encryption, financial transactions and secure data transmission would be impossible. Efforts by social media companies to encrypt their data is a more recent ....
