India Oversteps and (Partially) Backtracks on Plans to Intrude into Mobile Devices
Prateek Waghre is a fellow at Tech Policy Press. The ‘Sanchar Saathi’ app from India’s Department of Telecommunications in the Google Play Store. Shutterstock Citing cybersecurity and fraud concerns, over the past week, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications has issued new directives that significantly extend the government’s reach into citizens’…