Facebook, Zoom among 89 apps Indian army asks personnel to delete: Report

Indian military asks troopers to delete Facebook, Tinder, PUBG Mobile, and 83 different apps: Report (Image: Bloomberg)
After the federal government of India banned 59 Chinese apps for everybody within the nation, the Indian military asks troopers and officers to delete 89 apps from their smartphone. The report first comes from information company ANI. The company posted a full record of 89 apps on Wednesday. Notably, the record consists of extra than simply apps with China origin reminiscent of Facebook, Tinder, Instagram, amongst others.

In a Twitter publish, the information company acknowledged that the “Indian Army has asked its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphone including Facebook, TikTok, Truecaller, and Instagram to plug leakage of information.” The record consists of each Chinese and non-Chinese apps starting from messaging platforms to well being apps to common cellular video games and extra.

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

— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2020

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List of 89 apps military requested to delete

Messaging Platforms

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

Video Hosting

TikTok
Likee
Samosa
Kwali

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Content Sharing

Shareit
Xender
Zapya

Web Browsers

UC Browser
UC Browser Mini

Video and Live Streaming

LiveMe
BigoLive
Zoom
Fast Films
Vmate
Uplive
Vigo Video

Utility Apps

Cam Scanner
Beauty Plus
Truecaller

Gaming Apps

PUBG
NONO Live
Clash of Kings
All Tencent gaming apps
Mobile Legends

E-Commerce

Club Factory
AliExpress
Chinabrands
Gearbest
Banggood
MiniInTheField
Tiny Deal
Dhhgate
LightinTheField
DX
Eric Dress
Zaful
Tbdress
Modility
Rosegal
Shein
Romwe

Dating Apps

Tinder
TrulyMadly
Happn
Aisle
Coffee Meets Bagel
Woo
OkCupid
Hinge
Badoo
Azar
Bumble
Tantan
Elite Sinles
Tagged
Couch Surfing

Antivirus

360 Security

Networking

Facebook
Baidu
Instagram
Ello
Snapchat

News Apps

Daily Hunt
News Dog

Online Book Reading Apps

Pratilipi

Health Apps

Heal of Y

Lifestyle Apps

POPXO

Knowledge Apps

Vokal

Music Apps

Hungama
Songs.pk

Blogging/ Micro Blogging

Yelp
Tumblr
Reddit
FriendsFeed
Private Blogs

The record consists of all 59 Chinese apps the government banned in India lately and a few extra Chinese and non-Chinese functions.

This transfer comes amidst the stress on the border between India and China. The military clearly doesn’t need leakage of any info. Another report from IndiaTV News acknowledged that the military has set July 15 because the deadline for troopers and officers to delete the listed apps from their smartphone.

Notably, apps apart from 59 banned Chinese apps usually are not banned in India. Army has simply requested officers to delete them from their cellphones.

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