From the same government who brought you the mandated spyware app with access to all your phone?
ETA - there’s good stuff mixed in with bad here. Losing control of the device (version restrictions) isn’t good and those audit logs are creepy.
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From the same government who brought you the mandated spyware app with access to all your phone?
ETA - there’s good stuff mixed in with bad here. Losing control of the device (version restrictions) isn’t good and those audit logs are creepy.
Yeah, both the proposal and the tech firms "worry" seem to be double-edged swords.
Given that these same objecting companies have had tens of thousands of Indian developers, with source code access for iOS and Android, on their payrolls for decades now ... I am not sure why they would suddenly be worried about this now.
Ehh. If they do this just for goverment software they would be in a good position. Otherwise a lot of asking for trust that doesnt seemed earned at all
If Inroot my phone that banner is getting removed first.
The background permissions thing is already a thing.
Some are crazy authoritarian shit and others are pro consumer.