<story><title>Indian government bans 14 messenger apps including Element, Briar and Threema</title><url>https://news.abplive.com/technology/india-ban-messaging-messenger-apps-mobile-pakistan-terrorism-connection-crypviser-enigma-safeswiss-bchat-1599074</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>akwizgran</author><text>Briar developer here. We weren&amp;#x27;t contacted by the Indian government and we haven&amp;#x27;t received a copy of the blocking order.&lt;p&gt;If anyone reading this works at Google or has a contact there, please put us in touch (contact@briarproject.org). We&amp;#x27;d love to know whether Google has received a blocking order, and if possible get a copy of the order so we can challenge it in court.&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, the app remains available from our website and F-Droid (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;briarproject.org&amp;#x2F;download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;briarproject.org&amp;#x2F;download&lt;/a&gt;). The app can also create a wi-fi hotspot to share the APK with people nearby.</text></comment>
<story><title>Indian government bans 14 messenger apps including Element, Briar and Threema</title><url>https://news.abplive.com/technology/india-ban-messaging-messenger-apps-mobile-pakistan-terrorism-connection-crypviser-enigma-safeswiss-bchat-1599074</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rogers18445</author><text>These things are typically bureaucratic security theater. Terrorists can sideload. The decision makers just care to be seen doing something, whether it&amp;#x27;s useful or not is not their problem.</text></comment>