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by Kwpolska 1142 days ago
When did you last see offline protests against airport security theater?

Literally everyone in India is using WhatApp. If the government decided to shut it down, all government offices would be on fire within hours.

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> When did you last see offline protests against airport security theater?

Isn't that what I am saying too? We accept the huge discomfort because we feel it is important and in our national interest! However important WhatsApp is, it is just a platform. If it is killed by a ban, people will just migrate to another platform and that's a lot more easier to do than give up on the benefits of flying by air. The only reason WhatsApp is allowed to function is because they are willing to provide a backdoor to the indian government - and that's easy to do when all the communication goes through their server and they handle the keys.