Friends, welcome to our new tech news blog and today we are going to talk about the biggest controversy of this week,
That is, the government had created an app called Sanchar Saathi and their motive was that the cyber frauds in India, the scams of IMEI, the OTP scam and different types of problems.
your digital arrest scam, all these things that are going on in the market, could be stopped.
which is a cyber security app, in which you can report a lost smartphone or if your mobile phone has been stolen, you can report it. You can check that the mobile phone you are buying is real or not
fake or if it is a stolen phone. It will even tell you that this call is suspicious, it can be spam, it can be fraud and you can block them.
And along with this, all the telecom related frauds that are happening a lot in the market today, they can also be reported.
That is, all this, think, a cyber security app was made. Because it felt very good,
you will also get to see it on Apple’s App Store and if you want to download it, register it and use it, then it is up to you, if you want to do it, do it, if you don’t want to do it, don’t do it.
But the problem comes when a mandate comes
This is where the controversy starts and the controversy says that if the app is present in your mobile phone, then even if you are not using it, they can still collect your data and send it anywhere unauthorized or it can also be a surveillance tool of
the government.
and if we compare its permissions, then WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, they take a lot of your information and also track your data, and the app on Apple’s iOS confirms that it is not tracking
your data,
after that this clarification comes officially, if you want, you can use it, you can register it, and if you don’t want to use it, you can delete it.
The point to say here is that it is a cybersecurity app, it is made to protect people, it is made for security, and if anyone wants to use it, they can download it from the Google Play Store and the government can promote it at different levels in the
Google Play Store, where people are told what are the benefits of this app and people can use this app in their own way.
Summary:- India’s telecom ministry initially mandated that all new smartphones must ship with the Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app preinstalled, non-removable and active during setup, but later rolled back the rule after criticism, saying the app is for safety, not surveillance, and can be deleted if users don’t want to register. The app helps report stolen phones, verify genuine devices, block fake SIMs, and prevent telecom fraud, and has already blocked millions of bad connections.