cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54116540

India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed

  • Acamon@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    This is absolutely not a subject I know about in detail, but I feel like there are credible reports of the printed guns.

    And I agree that if the government wanted to absolutely control all internet access and devices they could make it very hard for anyone to use it without going outside their supervision. But “banning all Linux devices” is quiet a different level of authoritarianism than “force android producers to install government software”.