Indian Military Asks Personnel to Delete 89 Apps Together with Fb, TikTok, Tinder, PUBG: Report

The Indian Military needs its personnel to delete 89 apps, starting from Tiktok, Fb, Truecaller, and Instagram, to video games like PUBG Cell, and datings apps like Tinder, in addition to information apps like Every day Hunt and all ‘personal blogs’, in line with stories. In keeping with the stories, the military needs personnel to delete these apps to plug the leakage of data. The inclusion of classes like courting apps means that the military is not simply frightened about cyber snooping, but in addition actual world snooping. There’s a giant overlap with the checklist of 59 Chinese language apps banned by the federal government, however this checklist is even bigger, and is not restricted to solely apps from China.

A tweet from information company ANI features a of a web page with the checklist of the apps, and the title, ‘Social Media Apps: Banned for Utilization’. It quotes Military sources to say that the ban is to plug leakage of data. One other report, from IndiaTV Information added that the military has set a deadline of July 15 to delete these apps, or else face motion. Earlier than this, the Military allowed its personnel to make use of Fb however with restrictions like not posting footage in uniform or disclosing the placement of their items, in line with a report by Instances of India.

Indian Military has requested its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphones together with Fb, TikTok, Truecaller and Instagram to plug leakage of data: Indian Military Sources pic.twitter.com/l23Lu5ndNh

— ANI (@ANI) July eight, 2020

These embody a number of the hottest apps in India, comparable to Fb and Instagram, Tinder and PUBG, and in addition embody some broad classes comparable to “all Tencent gaming apps,” and “Personal blogs”, aside from Chinese language apps which have already been banned by the federal government comparable to TikTok, SHAREit, and UC Browser. The headline of the checklist additionally says apps banned so it is unclear whether or not the web sites of platforms like Fb or Reddit are additionally banned — they’ll simply be accessed from cell browsers as a substitute of the app, in any case.

The ban is clearly associated to the tensions which are going down between India and China, however in contrast to the federal government checklist, this ban will solely apply to military personnel. This is not the primary time that the military has ordered an analogous ban both. Earlier this yr, the military gave a warning to officers utilizing Fb and WhatsApp, in line with a Devices Now report. The order additionally requested them to not carry smartphones into bases and dockyards in addition to on board warships, and directed the “ban on use of Fb by all naval personnel and ban on use of smartphones inside naval bases / institutions / dockyards / onboard warships.”

Across the identical time, the US military additionally banned troopers from utilizing TikTok. “It’s thought-about a cyber risk,” Lt Col Robin Ochoa, a US Military spokesperson informed US-based information portal Army.com. “We don’t enable it on authorities telephones.”

You may see the complete checklist of 89 apps banned by the Indian Military under:

Messaging Platforms

• WeChat
• QQ
• Kik
• ooVoo
• Nimbuzz
• Helo
• Qzone
• Share Chat
• Viber
• Line
• IMO
• Snow
• To Tok
• Hike

Video Internet hosting

• TikTok
• Likee
• Samosa
• Kwali

Content material Sharing

Internet Browsers

• UC Browser
• UC Browser Mini

Video and Dwell Streaming

• LiveMe
• BigoLive
• Zoom
• Quick Movies
• Vmate
• Uplive
• Vigo Video

Utility Apps

• Cam Scanner
• Magnificence Plus
• Truecaller

Gaming Apps

• PUBG
• NONO Dwell
• Conflict of Kings
• All Tencent gaming apps
• Cell Legends

E-Commerce

• Membership Manufacturing unit
• AliExpress
• Chinabrands
• Gearbest
• Banggood
• MiniInTheBox
• Tiny Deal
• Dhhgate
• LightinTheBox
• DX
• Eric Costume
• Zaful
• Tbdress
• Modility
• Rosegal
• Shein
• Romwe

Courting Apps

• Tinder
• TrulyMadly
• Happn
• Aisle
• Espresso Meets Bagel
• Woo
• OkCupid
• Hinge
• Badoo
• Azar
• Bumble
• Tantan
• Elite Sinles
• Tagged
• Sofa Browsing

Antivirus

Networking

• Fb
• Baidu
• Instagram
• Ello
• Snapchat

Information Apps

On-line Guide Studying Apps

Well being Apps

Way of life Apps

Data Apps

Music Apps

Running a blog/ Micro Running a blog

• Yelp
• Tumblr
• Reddit
• FriendsFeed
• Personal Blogs