The Government of India is set to issue a ban on 54 Chinese applications that pose a threat to India’s security. The Centre had blocked 59 apps on June 29, 2020, followed by a ban on 47 related/cloning apps on August 10, 2020. Thereafter, 118 apps were blocked on September 1, 2020, and another 43 apps on November 19, the same year. The ministry said the 54 apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collects sensitive user data. “In addition, there are other serious concerns as some of these apps can carry out espionage and surveillance activities via camera/mic, accessing fine location (GPS) and do malicious network activity similar to previously blocked apps.

Source: Hindustan Times February 14, 2022 23:09 UTC