"India's government retreated less than a week after sending a private order to smartphone manufacturers instructing them to preload a state-backed app on all phones in the region. The reversal comes after industry sources told Reuters that Apple planned to refuse to comply with the order. Sanchar Saathi is a security app operated by India's Department of Telecommunications that includes features for tracking and blocking lost or stolen phones using their IMEI."
"Anyone can download it on the App Store or Google Play Store already, but India's government order would have required phone manufacturers to preload it on all phones in the region and block users from disabling it. India's Ministry of Communications announced the reversal in a statement on Wednesday, but still asserted that "[Sanchar Saathi] is secure and purely meant to help citizens from bad actors in the cyber world.""
India rescinded a private order that would have required smartphone manufacturers to preload Sanchar Saathi on all phones and prevent users from disabling it. The reversal followed industry pushback and reports that Apple intended to refuse compliance. Sanchar Saathi is a Department of Telecommunications security app that enables tracking and blocking of lost or stolen phones using IMEI. The app is already available on the App Store and Google Play. The Ministry of Communications attributed the policy change to growing voluntary downloads while asserting the app is secure and intended to protect citizens from cyber bad actors.
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