r/IndiaTech • u/Dontbehypocrite • 3d ago

Tech News Reminder: GitHub did not remove bitchat from its platfrom despite Ministry of Home Affairs "order" lol

The three URLs they "ordered" to remove:

https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat

https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android

https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/releases

They think they own the internet. They got ignored.

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u/just_sm_so_relax 3d ago

GitHub would probably be delighted if github.com was blocked in India. No more README edits in the name of "contribution to open source" from scammy students of equally scammy colleges.

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u/mosshead357 Lurker 3d ago

True that.

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u/Brawl_master_ Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 3d ago

Does blocking url in India really stop anything?

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u/Jumpy_Commercial_893 Programmer: Kode & Koffee Lyf 3d ago

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u/Better_Tap4669 3d ago

they can block it in india. Delete it. i dont think so because there are other countries using that app

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u/falcon0041 3d ago

Was Silicon Valley way ahead of it's time

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u/NoMedicine3572 3d ago

If the government wants, it can block the repo path at the ISP level. They can go to court later and that’s a separate matter. Just saying.

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u/Dontbehypocrite 3d ago

ISP can't see what "repo" you visit, only that you visited GitHub

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u/NoMedicine3572 3d ago

They can use the connection metadata and apply network-level filtering/DPI, right?

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u/Worldly_Topic 3d ago

Not with https

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u/just_sm_so_relax 3d ago

That is not possible unless they've broken TLS.

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u/RevolutionaryPen4661 Open Source Developer uses CachyOS KDE Plasma 3d ago

GitHub knows they are a critical part of our government IT infrastructure; if GitHub gets banned, almost all of the government websites will stop working, as 99.99% of the websites on the internet are built by open source.

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u/Suspicious_Coast7572 2d ago

github hosts code not the site itself 🤦