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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/india-orders-mobile-phones-preloaded-with-government-app-ensure-cyber-safety-2025-12-01/

#HackerNews #India #Cyber #Safety #Smartphone #App #Government #Regulation #Cybersecurity

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@indietechnews@flipboard.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

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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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