The Indian Army has asked staff to remove 89 apps from their smartphones. (Archive photo)
New Delhi:
The Indian Army has asked staff to remove 89 apps from their smartphones, including Facebook, TikTok, Tinder, PUBG and Instagram to block information leaks, Indian military sources said.
Snapchat, Tinder, OkCupid, UC Browser, Bumble, ShareIt, Xender, Helo, CamScanner, Club Factory etc. are part of these 89 applications.
It happened a few days after the government banned 59 apps, mostly Chinese, including TikTok, UC News and CamScanner in the middle of the impasse with China.
Some of the 89 applications are among those that the Center has already prohibited by declaring “that they are engaged in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, to the defense of India, to security State and public order “.
The list of apps that Indian military personnel have been asked to remove from their smartphones is divided into many categories like messaging apps – (We Chat, Helo, Share Chat, Viber, IMO, Hike and others), video hosting (Tik Tok, Likee, Samosa, Kwali and others), content sharing (ShareIt, Xender, Zapya and others), web browsers (UC Browser and UC Browser Mini), video and live streaming (Zoom, LiveMe , Vmate, Uplive and others), utility applications (CamScanner, Beauty Plus and True Caller), game applications (PUBG, Clash of Kings and others), e-commerce applications (Club Factory, AliExpress, Chinabrands and others), dating (Tinder, OkCupid, Badoo, Bumble, Happn, Couch Surfing and others), news apps (News Dog and Daily Hunt), lifestyle apps (POPXO), music apps (Hungama and Songs.pk ) and blogging / micro blogging applications (Tumblr, Redd it and others).
