Why Google Won’t share encryption keys with India

Google has made it clear to intelligence services in India, he will share the encryption key service e-mail, said an official from Google. The Internet giant said that the sharing of keys would result in compromising the privacy of users of Gmail, Kalyan Parbir reports of The Economic Times.

Vinay Goel, senior product manager, Google Spain has announced that it will be possible for Google to offer real-time access to the Gmail server, even if the government of India has requested. The reason given by the fact that the Gmail service is governed by the laws of the United States. He added: "When people entrust their data with us, is supposed to protect, so the user's privacy is very important to Google."

However, Goel said the Union Home Ministry or Department of Telecom has not made such a request to Google to date. Citing the possibility of sharing data in extraordinary times, Goel said, "But we are not advocating for the breach and certainly open to facilitate communication access Gmail encoded Government of India in the case of a risk scale for human life and property. "

The news comes after the Indian government has become the most powerful BlackBerry makers Research In Motion (RIM) has recently been on interception of corporate messages. The deadline for RIM distribute the encryption keys is January 31, 2011. At the same time, Nokia has gone ahead and announced the installation of the server in India.

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