India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from Technology | The Guardian on (#71X65)
Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concerns
India's government has backtracked on an order for all smartphones to be pre-installed with a state-owned security app after a mass outcry over privacy concerns and refusal by technology companies to comply.
The department of telecommunications confirmed it had revoked its previous order for all technology companies to mandatorily install the government's Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on to every smartphone in India within 90 days.
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