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Crazy this is a thing actually being rolled out and it hasn't hit world headlines.
Europe, USA and other countries are not far behind this initiative once they (governments) see how even more successful it is for collecting and sorting data to control citizens.
Time to go to GrapheneOS folks.
Just wait until they fine you for noncompliance
No phone it is then...
This was my exact thought. I remember the 90s.
We had 10¢ pay phones back then though.
Everyone had landlines too. Ya, very different times.
no phones = you cannot create a bank account
Monero it is then
They'll make you pay taxes.
That's fine.
They seem to have plans for those types too.
Withdrawing cash is going to be taxed.
What does withdrawing cash have to do with owning a phone?
If you have a smartphone, you get to use UPI (United Payments Interface).
If you don't, you are basically limited to a certain amount of free withdrawal per month, which is set to prevent getting an outcry from BPL (below poverty line) people, which would otherwise be bad for elections.
I was considering pushing for open source UPI apps for Linux devices (and providing my services for development), to reduce India's reliance on Google and Android but considering recent events, I believe that is not really going to align with the Government's plans.
Aah you talking India specific, I was talking from a European perspective given the context of the posts I replied to originally.
In the dwindling amount of phones that will allow you to install GOS on them?
GOS has partnered with an OEM so we may end up with GOS on more phone models.
Nah, they're mostly just going to endlessly harass you for it and wait for you to bribe them.
They will randomly send dacoits in uniform to beat you up and jail you and make it harder for you to earn a living until they get their ~~birthright~~ bribes.
I've read about it in three different places this morning, I don't live in India. I thi I it's hit "world headlines"
BBC had an article this morning. I follow them for a different perspective on North American news.
Can't speak for Europe but the USA already has this, only instead of a playstore app it's a collection of backdoors and hacking tools, and they're installed without our knowledge or consent by military intelligence institutions.
Yes I watched a few videos about the NSA’s hacker group, TAO, and how they exploited backdoors and zero day exploits like crazy but without our knowledge. Went unknown for some 15 years til Snowden blew the whistle.
Scary stuff man.
Time to go to GrapheneOS folks
I mean, it has been, for a long time, but this is not why. According to the article you can simply uninstall the app.
They cannot get rid of the caste system but can successfully surveil 90% of the population
Lol when this inevitably get backdoored/exploited, it's gonna be glorious
Oh it probably already is just look up the test run they did with their covid app
India saw Britain and said "I'm not going to let my former colonisers out do me."
Just saw and ranted about this. I HATE THIS FUCKING FASCIST GOVERNMENT WITH EVERY FIBER OF BY BEING!!!!!!!!!!!!
at this pace you are going to be sent to a concentration camp soon
I lowkey expect every modern device to be compromised (unless you're running custom roms). Whether it's Pegasus or something else. Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether.
Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether.
Just make sure your pagers are not backdoored with Semtex either.
Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether
Even if you can't, minimizing smartphone use, uptime and carrying mitigates some of the risk
If you think every phone has some sort of IME, installing a custom ROM means nothing.
A phone's baseband (modem) runs its own proprietary firmware with full RAM access.
This is just another crowdstrike incident in the making: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages
Reuters cited sources to report that US tech giant Apple plans not to comply with the mandate and will convey the same to New Delhi
The modified (Modi-fied?) offer of it now being optional is ridiculous. Keep protesting the policy my brothers and sisters.
Bring back dumb phones!
You can get a Nokia flip phone on Amazon for under $100. Before all the tariff BS it was more like $60. My daughter has been using one exclusively for about six months.
How do the corporations feel about this when they have workers in India?
Cool..how can I get it?
They too should suffer my endless search history for obscurities. I want them to download all of my USB storage of virus infected malware. I will sit idly and tap my fingertips against each other while my SMS messages corrupt their society from within.
Looks like the backlash has made them reassure us that it IS OPTIONAL for now...
They turned down the heat slightly because the frogs noticed the boiling.
Does the iOS one get this sweeping access to everything as well (which would require Apple to specifically give it entitlements)?
Reuters cited sources to report that US tech giant Apple plans not to comply with the mandate and will convey the same to New Delhi.
