India Rolls Back App Mandate Amid Surveillance Concerns
Remember when Apple put that U2 album in everyone's music libraries? India wanted to do that to all of its citizens, but with a cybersecurity app. It wasn't a good idea.
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Remember when Apple put that U2 album in everyone's music libraries? India wanted to do that to all of its citizens, but with a cybersecurity app. It wasn't a good idea.
India's telecommunications ministry has reportedly asked major mobile device manufacturers to preload a government-backed cybersecurity app named Sanchar Saathi on all new phones within 90 days
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Report claims India's government, which is accused of using Pegasus at home, was displeased Apple has made a significant change to the wording of its threat notifications, opting not to attribute attacks to a specific source or perpetrator, but categorizing them broadly as "mercenary spyware."…
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Nobody knows which state, but India’s government never quite shrugged off claims it uses spyware Indian politicians and media figures have reported that Apple has warned them their accounts may be under attack by state-sponsored actors.…