India Quietly Orders Smartphone Makers to Preload Mandatory Cybersecurity App, Setting Up Clash With Apple and Privacy Groups

India’s telecom ministry has quietly issued a private directive instructing the world’s major smartphone makers to preload all new devices sold in the country with a government-operated cybersecurity app that cannot be deleted, according to a November 28 order reviewed by Reuters. The move signals a new phase in New Delhi’s push to control digital […] The post India Quietly Orders Smartphone Makers to Preload Mandatory Cybersecurity App, Setting Up Clash With Apple and Privacy Groups appeared first on Tekedia.

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India Quietly Orders Smartphone Makers to Preload Mandatory Cybersecurity App, Setting Up Clash With Apple and Privacy Groups

India’s telecom ministry has quietly issued a private directive instructing the world’s major smartphone makers to preload all new devices sold in the country with a government-operated cybersecurity app that cannot be deleted, according to a November 28 order reviewed by Reuters. The move signals a new phase in New Delhi’s push to control digital […]

The post India Quietly Orders Smartphone Makers to Preload Mandatory Cybersecurity App, Setting Up Clash With Apple and Privacy Groups appeared first on Tekedia.

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