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Govt makes a ‘friend’ request you can’t refuse

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has stirred a storm with a directive asking smartphone makers to preload the government’s Sanchar Saathi app on new devices. The order has sparked privacy worries and industry pushback.
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