{"id":5870,"date":"2025-12-03T08:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/sanchar-saathi-app-cannot-enable-snooping-says-scindia-in-lok-sabha\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:39:40","slug":"sanchar-saathi-app-cannot-enable-snooping-says-scindia-in-lok-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/sanchar-saathi-app-cannot-enable-snooping-says-scindia-in-lok-sabha\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanchar Saathi App Cannot Enable Snooping, Says Scindia in Lok Sabha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Communications Minister <strong>Jyotiraditya Scindia<\/strong> on Wednesday firmly rejected concerns over surveillance linked to the Sanchar Saathi safety app, stating that snooping is \u201cneither possible nor will it happen\u201d. The remarks come amid a row over the Ministry of Communications\u2019 recent directive requiring smartphone manufacturers to preload the government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices.<\/p>\n<p>Responding during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Scindia said the app is designed solely for citizens\u2019 protection. <em>\u201cSanchar Saathi app se na snooping sambhav hai, na snooping hoga,\u201d<\/em> he emphasised.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the government\u2019s intention is to empower users with tools to safeguard themselves against misuse of mobile connections, fraud, and cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>A ministry order issued on <strong>November 28<\/strong> mandates that all mobile manufacturers must pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on every handset sold in India. It also requires that the app be pushed to existing devices through a software update.<\/p>\n<p>According to the order, the app must be easily visible and accessible to users at the time of first device setup, and its functions must not be disabled or restricted.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Scindia clarified that users who do not wish to use the app are free to delete it after purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday firmly rejected concerns over surveillance linked to the Sanchar Saathi safety app, stating that snooping is \u201cneither possible nor will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,23,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5870","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/channel1.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}