— 🇮🇳 NEW: India’s Department of Telecommunications is giving phone manufacturers 90 days to comply with an order to pre-install a state-owned app on new devices and push it to existing ones via software updates

The state-owned app, which cannot be disabled or deleted, includes features for blocking and tracking lost or stolen phones based on their IMEI.

This could set a precedent for other governments to implement similar unremovable surveillance and tracking measures.

@Middle_East_Spectator