India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app | Reuters | WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

Also, how utterly different from what the UK wishes to achieve with the near obligatory BritCard Digital ID card app, of course.

India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to antagonise Apple and privacy advocates.


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

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