Apple and Google Push Back on Sanchar Saathi App
Apple aur Google, jo duniya ke do sabse prasiddh smartphone operating systems iOS aur Android ke maalik hain, Bharat sarkar ke Sanchar Saathi app ko smartphone par anivarya roop se pre-install karne ke aadesh ka virodh kar rahe hain. Unka kehna hai ki is order se privacy aur system security par khatar hai. Sanchar Saathi app, jo sarkar dwara vikasit kiya gaya hai, upayogkartao ko dhokha dene wale calls, messages, aur chori ke phones ki reporting ki suvidha deta hai.
Bharat mein 1.2 billion se adhik mobile phone upayogkarta hain, jisme se 650 million se adhik log smartphone ka istemal karte hain. Isliye, Sanchar Saathi app ka anivarya installation upayogkartao ki swatantrata aur sahmati ke siddhanton ko dhoka dene wala hai. Civil society ke sakriyata is baat ko lekar chinta vyakt kar rahe hain ki isse privacy par bura asar pad sakta hai. Unka kehna hai ki is app ko pre-load karna 'functional creeping' ki sambhavnayein badha sakta hai, jiska matlab hai ki kisi vyavastha ka dhire-dhire apne mool prayojan se pare badhna.
Sarkar ka kehna hai ki Sanchar Saathi app upayogkartao ko unke phones ki genuine hone ki jaanch karne ki suvidha deta hai. Unhone kaha, "Duplicate ya spoofed IMEI wale mobile handsets telecom cyber security ke liye gambhir khatara hain." Lekin, Apple, Samsung, aur Google ne ab tak is vishay par koi tipanni nahi ki hai.
Industry ke srot ke mutabik, smartphone manufacturers ko chinta hai ki is order ka palan karna unhe ek aisa precedent tayar karne par majboor karega jisse wo sarkar ke apps ko preload karne ke liye khule hain. Yeh baat unke liye samasya ka kaaran ban sakti hai, kyunki aise aadesh aksar Western democracies mein anupastit hote hain.
Samsung apne vikalpon ka mulyaankan kar raha hai, lekin ab tak koi faisla nahi liya hai. Duniya ke sabse bade smartphone bazar mein, aisi sthitiyon se nipatna smartphone companies ke liye kathin ho sakta hai, aur agar sarkar se private charchaein safal nahi hoti hain, to ek kanuni chunauti bhi sambhav ho sakti hai.
Is prakar, Sanchar Saathi app ka aadesh smartphone companies ke liye ek kathin samay la sakta hai, jisme unhe apne internal policies aur upayogkartaon ki privacy ke madhya ek santulan banana padega.
