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by random42 5391 days ago
Neither of the aforementioned points are government reasoning. Having servers in India does NOT prevents encrypted communication or gives some magical ability to intercept it. No one even claims that. It just makes the company operating in the country, makes answerable to Indian judicial system and laws (equivalent to the powers FBI enjoy in the US, over the websites operating in the US). eg. providing server access to the intelligence organizations of the country.