The Indian government is forcing a tracking app onto all new mobile phones in the country. Privacy experts are concerned. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Dec. 2 (UPI ...

Monday - Friday, 11:00 - 12:00 SIN/HK | 0500 - 06:00 CET Indian government rolled back its mandate to preload a state-run cybersecurity app on Wednesday. Internet activists said the app, Sanchar ...

Arattai, an Indian messaging app backed by the billionaire Vembu family, has seen a surge in signups and downloads over the past two weeks in its home country, boosted by the Indian government’s calls ...

Apple is reportedly refusing to comply with an Indian government order directing all smartphone manufacturers and importers to preload a government-run cyber safety app that cannot be disabled on ...

An Indian government-run cybersecurity app "Sanchar Saathi" is seen on a mobile phone in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) (Manish ...

When Congress passed a bill in April 2024 ordering ByteDance to either sell TikTok or face a ban, many speculated that ByteDance would opt to sell, because the American market was ...

The government said the rules were needed to prevent theft and other crime. Its opponents and privacy activists regard the app as a tool of mass surveillance. By Alex Travelli and Pragati K.B.

Apple doesn’t plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app and will convey its concerns to New Delhi, reports Reuters. Yesterday The Indian Express ...

Monday - Friday, 11:00 - 12:00 SIN/HK | 0500 - 06:00 CET Despite having one of the largest smartphone and internet user base, the lack of homegrown social media and messaging apps in India is striking ...

Following a Reuters report that the Indian government is mandating smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cybersecurity app that can't be deleted in devices sold in the country, the publication ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --The government of India launched a tracking app to be "preinstalled on all mobile handsets manufactured or imported for use in India," prompting privacy concerns throughout the country.