India's mandate requiring smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on all new devices has triggered a political ...

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Sanchar Saathi app is intended to track lost or stolen mobile phones and ...

India's making a new cybersecurity app, Sanchar Saathi, a must-have on all new smartphones. It's designed to fight phone ...

India has ordered all new smartphones to come pre-loaded with a non-removable, state-run cybersecurity app, sparking privacy ...

India's mandate requiring smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on all new devices has triggered a ...

When a government quietly tells smartphone makers to preload an app on every phone sold in the country and doesn’t let users delete it, people notice. Especially in a country like India, where privacy ...

Launched in January, the Sanchar Saathi app allowed users to check a phone’s IMEI, report lost or stolen devices, and flag suspected fraud communications. The ...

Counterfeit smartphones are a growing concern, but the Department of Telecommunications' Sanchar Saathi portal offers a ...

Sanchar Saathi' shares data to help fight fraud and protect carrier security India’s government has issued a directive that ...

India mandates all cellphone makers to pre-install the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app within 90 days, allowing users to uninstall it if desired.

The Department of Telecommunications issued directive mandates forcible pre-installation of the app on all smartphones, which the users can't disable or uninstall, raising privacy concerns ...