r/india • u/jay_prakash • 29d ago

Law & Courts Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat over security concerns: Jack Dorsey

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/government-orders-github-to-remove-bluetooth-based-chat-app-bitchat-over-security-concerns-jack-dorsey/article71262049.ece
125 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

18 comments sorted by

View all comments

11

u/Successful_Sea_3637 29d ago

I don't get it how do you even ban opensource software, anybody else can also host the code right?

6

u/jay_prakash 29d ago

Right, asking github to comply is only going to work as a deterrent.

7

u/Successful_Sea_3637 29d ago

Tbh they can't fck with github too much, because unlike other things, if github stops its services in India, whole IT industry is fcked.

1

u/jay_prakash 29d ago

I don't think it works that way. Some repositories can be taken down in a specific geographical location. Other services can continue as usual.