[Ellipse0934]

Even if they release their server side source code how can you ensure that the deployed version matches the source ? Eventually there is always a thread of trust.

The point however is that the government of India is forcing private corporations to break privacy related measures to suppress civil liberties.

[varispeed]

You could host software yourself and communicate within your circle only. It seems like this may be the future - someone just has to make it easy for people to create groups that will deploy the server and generate the app. But that would be a matter of time when governments will start to regulate hosting providers and e.g. banning hosting of communication servers.

[pointless123]

So elected govs should listen to corporations. no thanks. i can over throw my gov but not evil facebook