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A compulsory mandated app installed on every Indian citizen's new phone (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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https://www.livemint.com/news/india/if-you-don-t-want-jyotiraditya-scindia-says-sanchar-saathi-app-is-optional-amid-strong-opposition-protests-11764659707854.html

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[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What does the app actually do? They call it an anti-fraud app, but I don't understand what fraud it's supposed to fight?

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It probably scans installed apps, settings that could compromise access (for eg USB debugging, bootloader unlocking), apk files in storage, etc all while sending juicy infometrics to an unsecured database

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago

Next in news: a govt database was leaked...