{"id":231066,"date":"2023-03-15T20:22:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=231066"},"modified":"2023-03-15T20:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:52:17","slug":"india-plans-new-security-testing-for-smartphones-crackdown-on-pre-installed-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-plans-new-security-testing-for-smartphones-crackdown-on-pre-installed-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"India plans new security testing for smartphones, crackdown on pre-installed apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cIndia plans new security testing for smartphones, crackdown on pre-installed apps\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> The Hindu <\/b>on 15th March 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The government of India plans to force smartphone makers to allow the removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major operating system updates under proposed new security rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the new security rules the Government of India is planning to bring?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Currently, most smartphones come with pre-installed apps that cannot be deleted such as Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s app store GetApps, Samsung’s payment app Samsung Pay mini and iPhone maker Apple’s browser Safari.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the new rules, smartphone makers will have to provide an uninstallation option and new models will be checked for compliance by a lab authorized by the Bureau of Indian Standards agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

The government is also considering mandating screening of every major operating system update before it is rolled out to consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the rationale behind the new rule?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Government is of the view that pre-installed applications in the majority of smartphones pose serious privacy and information security issues which can be exploited by foreign nations, including China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Chinese players like Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo dominate the Indian smartphone market with over 70% share.<\/span><\/p>\n

What will be the impact of these new rules?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Firstly,<\/b> experts have said that some pre-installed apps like the camera are critical to user experience and the government must make a distinction between these and non-essential ones when imposing screening rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly<\/b>, more testing could prolong approval timelines for smartphones. Currently, it takes about 21 weeks for a smartphone and its parts to be tested by the government agency for safety compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia plans new security testing for smartphones, crackdown on pre-installed apps\u201d published in The Hindu on 15th March 2023 What is the News? The government of India plans to force smartphone makers to allow the removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major operating system updates… Continue reading India plans new security testing for smartphones, crackdown on pre-installed apps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-231066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}