India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
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India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
#HackerNews #India #Cyber #Safety #Smartphone #App #Government #Regulation #Cybersecurity
CN & RU do this too. To make a super-app unavoidable, the governments would have to bind with the hardware, like a Clipper Chip. Approved devices would vary from country to country with official government + OEM (manufacturer) partnerships resembling what Google started by closing (future development of) ASOP. China could to that easily. Device totalitarianism?
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https://cepa.org/article/super-apps-a-path-to-surveillance-in-china-and-russia/
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-internet-app-social-media-surveillance-/32711114.html
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