Saturday, December 21, 2013

Indian gov’t wakes up to risks of using Hotmail and Gmail

<p>Like many of his peers in ministries across New Delhi, IT Minister Kapil Sibal's office recently sent an email inviting journalists to the launch of his new personal website using the free email service.</p><p>Others, including senior foreign ministry officials, the information and broadcasting minister and the health ministry secretary, also use Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo instead of their government accounts.</p><p>When asked why he continued to use his Hotmail for official use, Sibal declined to comment, but a senior bureaucrat in his ministry admitted that he personally preferred Gmail because it is "just a lot easier."</p><p>"We keep moving, get different designations, go different places and with that, our emails change. You lose contacts and important emails, which you don't need to worry about with a Gmail account," the bureaucrat told AFP.</p><p><a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/india/2013/12/09/395494/Indian-govt.htm">Keep reading...</a></p>

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