[viraptor]

I found it interesting that a "right-to-information (RTI)" activist would be against encryption, calling national security reasons. It seems RTI is the Indian version of FOIA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Information_Act,_2005) which confuses me even more - how are those connected?

I could kind of see how the plaintext communication makes bribery and similar things harder (which is what RTI should prevent), but if that's the reasoning it seems to be really backwards.

[Alterlife]

There is probably no direct connection between RTI and encryption. Here are some other stories I found involving this gentleman:

--

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Most-mobile-...

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/two-gurgaon-sc...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/move-to-link-digital-l...

---

All three don't have anything to do with government corruption. What I get from this is:

1. He is involved in things other than government corruption.

2. RTI is a tool that he uses, so RTI activist is probably a misnomer

3. This is possibly just an well intentioned old man who doesn't understand technology doing the wrong thing for the right reason.

But the supreme court is hearing him? Well then I hope that this gets squashed at the highest level before it turns into a discussion.

[gnoway]

The article points out that he's 27 years old.

[reachtarunhere]

And I thought that only the old fogies were the crazy lot. Pity.

[piyush_soni]

No, there's no relation between RTI and what he's doing. An 'RTI activist' is common term used in India for people who write formal RTI requests to various departments of government to legally force them to shell out information (for public good) which is otherwise hard to find or they are unwilling to give. There have been cases of corrupt politicians/govt employees getting the 'RTI activists' murdered, so you can imagine the importance of it. This petition just means he is doing another act of what he thinks is important for public welfare.