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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Weird way to say “backdoor.”
app that cannot be deleted
Someone never heard of ADB…
I wonder if this would make Apple pull out of India. It’d be awkward, with all the manufacturing they moved there.
Apple’s iOS powered an estimated 4.5% of 735 million smartphones in India by mid-2025, with the rest using Android, Counterpoint Research says.
will be interesting to see if Apple tells them to pound sand.


