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[ NNSquad ] Reports Claim That Pakistan Is Trying To Ban Encryption Under Telco Law 

Reports Claim That Pakistan Is Trying To Ban Encryption Under Telco Law

http://j.mp/qwLHcz  (Techdirt)

    "... Pakistan is trying to ban the use of encryption, including for VPNs,
     as part of the implementation of a new telco law (pdf) which requires
     telcos to spy on their customers. Obviously, encryption makes that
     tougher, so the response is just to ban it entirely."

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An actual reading of the law ( http://j.mp/npFL6y [Pakistan Government
[PDF] ) is not entirely conclusive.  Section II-4-(6)-(a) requires the
"Capability to monitor, control, measure and record traffic in real-time"
but does not explicitly address encrypted traffic.  Section III-5-(6) says:
"... shall ensure that signaling information is uncompressed, unencrypted, and
not formatted in a manner which the installed monitoring system is unable to
decipher using installed capabilities." -- but this particular clause apparently
applies only to signaling/addressing data, not to payload (content) data.

--Lauren--
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