Apple pushes back on India's iPhone security app install order

appleinsider - Apple is planning to tell the Indian government it won't comply with an order to preinstall a state-backed app on iPhones, as doing so would introduce big security and privacy issues.India wants a security app preinstalled on new iPhones - Image Credit: A…

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Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says

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Apple Resists India’s Cyber Safety App Mandate, Potentially Affecting Millions of Users

3 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Apple to Defy India’s ‘Undeletable’ App Mandate

3 months / idropnews / Chris Hauk

Apple Plans to Resist India's Order to Preload Government App on iPhone [Report]

3 months / iclarified

Apple will reportedly refuse India’s order to preinstall a government app

3 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Apple will reportedly refuse to pre-install India's state-mandated security app

3 months / engadget / Sarah Fielding

Apple pushes back on India's iPhone security app install order

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Govt Mandate & Political Pushback

FirstFT: India orders government-developed app to be installed on all smartphones

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Opposition Calls Out Scindia on Sanchar Saathi, Protests Over Surveillance Fears

3 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation

3 months / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

Privacy & Security Debate

Can the Sanchar Saathi App’s Security & Privacy Risks Be Justified?

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New: India is expanding its anti-theft and cybersecurity program to include both new and used smartphones, aiming to curb device theft and online fraud — but raising privacy concerns. techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/i...

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The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is raising fresh privacy concerns.

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Meta's Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week

cnbc - The RTO policy only applies to Instagram and not to Meta's other family of apps, like Facebook and WhatsApp.

#techpolicy #meta #business #jobs #technology #instagram #office

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri's memo ordering staff to the office five days a week in 2026

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Meta's Instagram orders employees back to the office 5 days a week

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Instagram mandates total return to office for employees in 2026

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Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026

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India Orders Apple to Preinstall Government Security App on All iPhones

Juli Clover / macrumors - India is requiring smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung to preload devices sold in the country with a state-owned cyber security app that can't be deleted, reports Reuters.The Department of Communications in India is giving smartphone companies 90 day…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #infosec #government #india #apps #asia #smartphone #digitalprivacy #regulation

Apple to Resist India's Order to Preload Government App on iPhones

3 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones

3 months / techxplore

What Permissions Does Sanchar Saathi Need From Your Smartphone?

3 months / medianama / Kamya Pandey

India demands installation of government app on all smartphones

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India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones

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India demands smartphone makers install a government app on every handset

3 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

India Orders Apple to Preinstall Government Security App on All iPhones

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India Orders Apple to Preinstall Government Security App on All iPhones

3 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

India will require a state-owned cybersecurity app to be installed on all smartphones

3 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

India Mandates Undeletable Government App on iPhones

3 months / idropnews / Chris Hauk

2025 was filled with rage bait. Why Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year makes total sense

Grace Snelling / fastcompany - Oxford Dictionary just revealed its official word of 2025. It’s “rage bait.”According to an official announcement post, Oxford Dictionary’s team of lexicographers choose a shortlist of potential words each year by analyzing data and trends to “identify ne…

#techpolicy #digitalmarketing #internet #culture #privacy #media #technology #contentmoderation #advertising

Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait'

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Oxford's New Word of the Year? It's Designed to Bait, Debate and Irritate

3 months / cnet / Macy Meyer

2025 was filled with rage bait. Why Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year makes total sense

3 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

Rage Bait Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Oxford Dictionary's 2025 word of the year is 'rage bait'

3 months / qz / Chris Morris

Rage bait named word of the year

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Kakao completes spinoff of No. 2 internet portal Daum after 11 yrs

Kim Boram / co - SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kakao Corp. has completed the legal and administrative...

#techpolicy #business #internet #asia #technology

Daum goes solo: Kakao spins off portal after 10 years

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Kakao completes spinoff of No. 2 internet portal Daum after 11 yrs

3 months / co / Kim Boram

NY Becomes First State to Target AI-Driven Personalized Pricing

PYMNTS / pymnts - New York has become the first state to take action against so-called “personalized pricing.” As The New York Times reported Saturday (Nov. 29), a law enacted with the state’s budget requires retailers to notify customers about the use of the practice — al…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #government #us #pricing #privacy #law #algorithm #regulation

New York targets algorithmic pricing with first-in-the-US disclosure law

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NY Becomes First State to Target AI-Driven Personalized Pricing

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New York’s First-of-its-Kind AI Law Takes on Personalized Pricing

3 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

Cecilia Kang, Tripp Mickle, Ryan Mac, David Yaffe-Bellany and Theodore Schleifer / nytimes - David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.

#techpolicy #politics #government #investment #business #regulation

The Architecture of Permission. How Washington Made David Sacks Legal

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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House, David Sacks, Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

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Five-byline alert:

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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House, David Sacks, Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

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Five-byline alert:

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Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

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Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

3 months / nytimes / Cecilia Kang, Tripp Mickle, Ryan Mac, David Yaffe-Bellany and Theodore Schleifer

EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Apple has told the EU that Apple Maps and Ads do not qualify for the gatekeeper designation.Read more: EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title

#techpolicy #apple #antitrust #business #europe #privacy #digitalmarketsact #eu #ads #regulation

EU To Examine If Apple Ads and Maps Subject To Tough Rules, Apple Says No

3 months / slashdot / msmash

EU Reviews Apple Ads and Maps for Gatekeeper Status

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

The EU May Be Going After Apple Maps Next

3 months / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

EU Commission May Give Apple Maps and Ads Gatekeeper Status Under DMA

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple's Maps & Ads face new EU scrutiny under the Digital Markets Act

3 months / appleinsider

EU to Target Apple Maps and Apple Ads Next

3 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

EU could give Apple Ads, Maps DMA gatekeeper title

3 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

The EU says Apple Maps may be big enough to be considered a DMA gatekeeper

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Apple Confirms EU Gatekeeper Threshold for Ads and Maps, But Wants to Keep its Walled Garden

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore's police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harm…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #apple #google #government #cybercrime #asia #scam #censorship #instantmessaging

Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/1446250/singapore-orders-apple-google-to-prevent-government-spoofing-on-messaging-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&

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Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms

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Singapore Orders Changes to iMessage by December

3 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Singapore orders block of iMessage scams that fake government addresses

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Trump's Genesis Mission Promises Manhattan Project Ambition. The Funding Says Otherwise.

Robert Brown / implicator - Trump's Genesis Mission invokes Manhattan Project urgency to accelerate AI-driven science. But the executive order commits zero new dollars, claims credit for existing partnerships, and arrives while university research funding gets slashed.

#ai #innovation #ml #techpolicy #politics #government #trump #technology #executiveorder #research

"Genesis Mission" to pool US data for AI models

3 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Trump wants to turn it on again with 'Genesis Mission' for AI in science

3 months / theregister / Dan Robinson

Opus Claims Victory, Genesis Borrows Glory

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Explained: What Is The US Government’s Project Genesis, The”Manhattan Project” For AI

3 months / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Trump launches 'Genesis Mission' to speed AI-driven research

3 months / techxplore

Trump's Genesis Mission aims to build a centralized AI platform to power scientific breakthroughs

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

The ‘Genesis Mission’: Here’s What’s in Trump’s Most Grandiose AI Executive Order Yet

3 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Trump's Genesis Mission Promises Manhattan Project Ambition. The Funding Says Otherwise.

3 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Trump Launches Genesis Mission, a Manhattan Project-Level AI Push

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Trump Executive Order Launches AI ‘Genesis Mission’

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DOGE Is Officially Dead

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The project no longer exists, despite eight months left on its mandate.

#cybersecurity #innovation #techpolicy #defensetech #doge #aiethics #government #doj #DHS #darpa

DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal dismantlement https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/doge-doesnt-exist-anymore-but-expert-says-its-still-not-dead/ > Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated

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DoGE "cut muscle, not fat"; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

3 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

DOGE is dead — and it barely took a bite out of federal spending

3 months / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

DOGE is dead, but the damage is still with us. Here’s a look back at some of its most egregious moves

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DOGE Is Officially Dead https://gizmodo.com/doge-is-officially-dead-2000690664

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DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk’s team of federal cost-cutters

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DOGE Is Officially Dead

3 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

DOGE Quietly Dissolves 8 Months Early: Personnel and Tech Absorbed by Federal Agencies

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

CNN's Apple News feed goes dark while contract talks continue

appleinsider - CNN quietly pulled its feed from Apple News, a temporary move allegedly tied to ongoing contract talks.Apple NewsIf you woke up expecting to read your CNN feed from the Apple News app, you were probably a bit confused this morning. That's because CNN has …

#techpolicy #apple #streaming #business #internet #distributions #law #media #technology #contentmoderation

Apple News Loses CNN

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Welp there goes CNN

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Apple News Loses CNN

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CNN's Apple News feed goes dark while contract talks continue

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Malaysia may ban users under 16 from social media starting next year

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The country's communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said the administration is considering systems for implementing age restrictions on social media sites.

#techpolicy #government #internet #asia #privacy #law #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalid #digitalprivacy

Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology

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Malaysia takes steps to ban social media for children under 16

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Malaysia may ban users under 16 from social media starting next year

3 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Malaysia to ban social media for children under 16 next year

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Microsoft kills its annual diversity report to focus on “dynamic stories”

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Microsoft will not publish a diversity and inclusion report for 2025, ending a practice of annual transparency disclosures that the company has maintained since 2019. The decision was confirmed after the tech giant missed its typical publication window, w…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #microsoft #business #technology

Microsoft kills its annual diversity report to focus on “dynamic stories”

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Microsoft will not release a 2025 diversity report

3 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Elon Musks X rolls out feature that shows users country of origin – then suddenly removes it

mashable - X has already removed a feature showing users' country of origin after briefly rolling it out for a few hours late at night.

#techpolicy #privacy #ux #media #technology #updates #digitalprivacy

X shows where you’re “based in”, and it could shake up the feed

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Elon Musks X rolls out feature that shows users country of origin – then suddenly removes it

3 months / mashable

X rolls out 'About this account' feature that displays a profile's country of origin and more

3 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

Tech company CTO and others indicted for exporting Nvidia chips to China

Jon Brodkin / arstechnica - Four arrested and charged with illegal exports, smuggling, and money laundering.

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #chips #nvidia #government #cybercrime #supplychain #us #law #semiconductor

I genuinely do not know where the six million Blackwell GPUs that Jensen Huang claims were shipped in the last four quarters have gone. They’re certainly not turned on and in data centers. Why are companies still buying GPUs? [contains quote post or othe

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Tech Company CTO and Others Indicted For Exporting Nvidia Chips To China

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Tech company CTO and others indicted for exporting Nvidia chips to China

3 months / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Federal authorities take down criminal network smuggling Nvidia GPUs to China

3 months / techspot

Four charged over alleged plot to smuggle Nvidia AI chips into China

3 months / theregister / Carly Page

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI -- here's how to turn that off

appleinsider - Once again, Google has decided for you that your data is its toy. Here's how to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email.GmailThere's no shortage of big tech companies that want to use your data to train their large language models. Recently, I discu…

#ai #ml #dataprivacy #techpolicy #google #aiethics #alphabet #chatgpt #privacy #digitalprivacy

Xの方でGmailに関する情報が流れているが、とりあえずGoogle側はその情報を否定しているとの事。背景： Gmailでスマート機能をオンにしているとメールの中身や添付ファイルがAI訓練に使用されるとの噂が広がる。 Google広報はThe Vergeに対して「スマート機能は何年も前から存在するし、ユーザーの設定を勝手に変更したり、メールの内容をAI訓練に使用したりしていない。この報告はミスリードだ」と話している。 1/2 www.theverge.com/news/826902/...

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Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI -- here's how to turn that off

3 months / appleinsider

Google's AI is eating your email by default. Here's how to shut its mouth

3 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Gmail: Google Quietly Opts Users Into Potential AI Training on Private Emails

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Report: Trump could sign executive order to preempt state AI laws

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - U.S. President Donald Trump could reportedly sign an executive order that would limit states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump may sign the order as soon as Friday, sources told Politico today. In recent months, California and Oregon hav…

#ai #innovation #techpolicy #aiethics #politics #government #trump #executiveorder #regulation

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Report: Trump could sign executive order to preempt state AI laws

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws

3 months / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Trump, Republicans try again to stop states from regulating AI

3 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Trump’s AI Preemption Order Sparks MAGA Revolt and $42.5 Billion Funding Threat

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - President Trump has escalated the fight over AI regulation, threatening to withhold $42.5 billion in funding to block state laws despite GOP opposition.The post Trump’s AI Preemption Order Sparks MAGA Revolt and $42.5 Billion Funding Threat appeared first…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #politics #government #governance #law #executiveorder #regulation #california

Trump administration may use federal agencies to fight state-level AI regulation

3 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Trump Weighs Executive Order to Override State AI Regulations

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Trump’s AI Preemption Order Sparks MAGA Revolt and $42.5 Billion Funding Threat

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Rebranding Rejection: Trump's AI Override After 99-1 Defeat, OpenAI's Efficiency Play

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

White House threatens states with lawsuits over AI regulation

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White House Prepares Executive Order To Block State AI Laws

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Trump's AI Preemption Push Collides With Constitutional Reality

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Trump's draft executive order seeks to override state AI laws through litigation and funding threats, reviving a proposal Congress rejected 99-1 months ago. Republican governors and conservative senators oppose the move as tech investors push harder.