{"id":21067,"date":"2025-12-03T08:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/indian-order-to-preload-state-owned-app-on-smartphones-sparks-political-outcry\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:37:15","slug":"indian-order-to-preload-state-owned-app-on-smartphones-sparks-political-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/indian-order-to-preload-state-owned-app-on-smartphones-sparks-political-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian order to preload state-owned app on smartphones sparks political outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple among big tech companies reportedly refusing to install Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on their devices<\/p>\n<p>A political outcry has erupted in India after the government mandated large technology companies to install a state-owned app on smartphones that has led to surveillance fears among opposition MPs and activists.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers including Apple, Samsung and Xiomi have 90 days to comply with the order to preload the government\u2019s Sanchar Saathi, or Communication Partner, on every phone in India.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/02\/indian-order-preload-state-owned-sanchar-saathi-app-smartphones-political-outcry\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fbeba2b55b313f3936d49d5bc003d1584d1444fb\/917_0_4583_3667\/master\/4583.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b45a76bb36c187ef651e2caebd704010\" title=\"Indian order to preload state-owned app on smartphones sparks political outcry\" \/>Apple among big tech companies reportedly refusing to install Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on their devices<br \/>\nA political outcry has erupted in India after the government mandated large technology companies to install a state-owned app on smartphones that has led to surveillance fears among opposition MPs and activists.<br \/>\nManufacturers including Apple, Samsung and Xiomi have 90 days to comply with the order to preload the government\u2019s Sanchar Saathi, or Communication Partner, on every phone in India. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple among big tech companies reportedly refusing to install Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on their devices A political outcry has erupted in India after the government mandated large technology companies to install a state-owned app on smartphones that has led to surveillance fears among opposition MPs and activists. Manufacturers including Apple, Samsung and Xiomi have &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/indian-order-to-preload-state-owned-app-on-smartphones-sparks-political-outcry\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian order to preload state-owned app on smartphones sparks political outcry<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}