India wants new security rules forcing smartphone producers like Apple to allow governmental pre-screening of operating system updates, such as for iOS, as well as enabling the removal of pre-installed apps.
India wants new security rules forcing smartphone producers like Apple to allow governmental pre-screening of operating system updates, such as for iOS, as well as enabling the removal of pre-installed apps.
India’s IT ministry considers software a security weak point that needs to be checked over spying and abuse concerns, a senior government official claims. Under the fear of being spied on by China and other governments, new rules are being planned to try and curb any potential issues.
« Preinstalled apps can be a weak security point and we want to ensure no foreign nations, including China, are exploiting it, » the unnamed official said to Reuters.
