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• @eric_seufert Eric Seufert on x

  Interesting. I'd be curious to know what percentage of the pre-install market is represented by India. https://www.macrumors.com/...

• @adityakalra Aditya Kalra on x

  Reuters Story: India plans to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps & mandate screening of major OS updates under new security rules. Govt concerned about spying, abuse of user data by foreign nations including China https://www.reuters.com/... 🧵

• @adityakalra Aditya Kalra on x

  “Majority of smartphones used in India are having pre-installed Apps/Bloatware which poses serious privacy/information security issue(s),” stated a Feb. 8 confidential government record of an IT ministry meeting, seen by Reuters. https://twitter.com/...

• @munsifv @munsifv on x

  The proposed security clearance test is likely the most stringent globally for smartphones. @adityakalra and I have more details for you in our latest story. Read! https://www.reuters.com/...

• @ahmermkhan Ahmer Khan on x

  Exclusive: India's IT ministry is considering new rules amid concerns about spying and abuse of user data, said a senior government official, one of the two people, declining to be named as the information is not yet public. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @munsifv @munsifv on x

  Two key components of the proposed rules, per sources: * Smartphone makers will be forced to allow removal of pre-installed apps * Every new major OS update to be verified and certified in a lab before rolling out

• @munsifv @munsifv on x

  Government has been holding closed-door meetings with the likes Xiaomi, Samsung and Apple on the matter. Records of one such meeting, which @Reuters accessed: https://twitter.com/...

• @adityakalra Aditya Kalra on x

  The closed-door meeting was attended by representatives from Xiaomi, Samsung, Apple and Vivo, the meeting record shows. The government has decided to give smartphone makers a year to comply once the rule comes into effect. With @MunsifV https://twitter.com/...