Yep, it’s true. The government wants to read your WhatsApp messages

The government seems to be extremely interested in our personal lives these days. A draft on government national encryption policy on internet security wants people to keep their messages, emails, social chats and WhatsApp content for 90 days before deleting, and should be produced to authorities if asked for.

Now, this has the nation wondering, how is it going to fix pot holes or reduce crime against women? Maybe this is part of a much larger plan in making India a smart country. Probably the porn ban which miserably failed was the pilot project of this elaborate plan. What next? Obtain a written permission from your area’s local municipality to have sex with your spouse? We’ll have to wait and see. Meanwhile, here’s Twitter’s reaction to the internet security draft policy.

Trending in Bangalore is ‘#ModiDontReadMyWatsapp’

How about you fix our potholed roads first & them we can gossip about what a bunch of kids said on group chat at 1am #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— Komal (@komalarcot) September 22, 2015

Yes I voted for these Idiots! And I'm ashamed. @BJP4India #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— Beckett's Kitten… (@MrAwwtistic) September 22, 2015

?????. Let me put it this way(for married people too). Pati, Patni Aur Woh #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp https://t.co/ZzNFCn3usX

— Mukesh Mittal (@hallagullaboy) September 22, 2015

Now you must understand that you are not just chating with one person but 2.. You, your girlfriend and Ajit Doval. #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— Durgesh Pathak (@ipathak25) September 22, 2015

Great move on whatsapp msg storage, only thing missing is to hv triplicate copy of msgs attested by gazetted officer #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— SVS (@svickram) September 22, 2015

You can run, but you can't hide #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp pic.twitter.com/qKMXk97aDD

— Sunny Bhullar (@sunnybhullar23) September 21, 2015

Is Baba Ramdev planning 2 launch a Patanjali messaging app & mail service 4 which dis background is being creatd ? ? #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— कोमल (@Komal_Indian) September 21, 2015

The new National Encryption Policy is going to exponentially increase the number of breakups in India! #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— Ishan Korde (@ishankorde) September 21, 2015

Whose message will he read first? Order of reading First General,OBC,SC,ST #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— deepak pande (@deepakpande77) September 21, 2015

This last one is totally epic

All Major Policy decisions of BJP Govt is decided by Mohan Bhagwat at RSS HeadQuarters and not by PM Modi #ModiDontReadMyWhatsapp

— Kejriwal Fan Club (@KejriwalFanCIub) September 21, 2015

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