India orders device makers to put government-run security app on all phones

Consumers can also use the app or website to check the number of mobile connections in their name and report any that appear to be fraudulent.

Priyanka Gandhi of the Congress Party, a member of Parliament, said that Sanchar Saathi “is a snooping app… It’s a very fine line between ‘fraud is easy to report’ and ‘we can see everything that every citizen of India is doing on their phone.’” She called for an effective system to fight fraud, but said that cybersecurity…