#India is trying to impose SIM binding on messaging apps, which means apps will have to keep monitoring, if it is the SIM card with the same number that was used for registration with the app is being used on the phone where the app is installed.
This is going to be another privacy issue for end users and a technical challenge for apps.
What about apps that doesn't use a phone number for registration like #deltachat or #simplex? How would the government implement this rule?
The way governments think of solving problems most of the time are very bizarre, and this certainly is one of them.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/whatsapp-ordered-to-enforce-sim-binding-log-out-web-sessions-every-6-hours/article70339435.ece
This is going to be another privacy issue for end users and a technical challenge for apps.
What about apps that doesn't use a phone number for registration like #deltachat or #simplex? How would the government implement this rule?
The way governments think of solving problems most of the time are very bizarre, and this certainly is one of them.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/whatsapp-ordered-to-enforce-sim-binding-log-out-web-sessions-every-6-hours/article70339435.ece
WhatsApp ordered to enforce ‘SIM binding,’ log out web sessions every 6 hours
WhatsApp must enforce SIM binding and log out web sessions every six hours to combat cyber fraud, per new government regulations.The Hindu
