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Re:India bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix n... by SanderNL on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:32AM (#35827903)
“Unlicensed communication”. Now that’s an interesting way to put it.
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Re:India bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix n... by lotsofpulp on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:42AM (#35827984)
Somewhat related

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_Raj

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Re:India bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix n... by eunos on Friday May 05, 2023 @11:17AM (#35830330)
India also regulate satellite telephone heavily iirc
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Re:India bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix n... by xxpor on Friday May 05, 2023 @03:06PM (#35833817)
I believe that's because the Mumbai attackers used satphones to communicate with each other.
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