🚨INDIA 🇮🇳 surveillance.
EU is not the only one with surveillance ideas!
1. India mandated on November 28, 2025, that Apple and other smartphone makers pre-install the undeletable Sanchar Saathi app on new devices and push it to existing ones via updates.
2. enabling IMEI-based tracking of lost or stolen phones but facilitating broad government surveillance.
3. The app's requirement builds on a recent obligation of messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram to continuously link user accounts to their registration SIM cards using IMSI identifiers aiming to boost traceability and limit anonymous communication.
Where the need to surveil and control population comes from?


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