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India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app (www.reuters.com)
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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

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[-] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted

I think it's called malware.

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