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submitted 6 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54163653

The Indian telecommunications authority, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has instructed eight messenger services to implement a permanent binding to inserted SIM cards. Affected are WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Snapchat, ShareChat, as well as the Indian services Arattai, JioChat, and Josh. According to the directive, the companies must ensure within 90 days that their services can only be used with a physically inserted SIM card.

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[-] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Meta/facebook forced it by bribing the officials in india....allegedly

[-] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 days ago

Grand total of ₹5 bribe, neatly partners with the other surveillance apps the government is already forcing onto phones with gov ID verification app for everywhere you go on top.

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