Indian Army banned 89 apps, could be used by foreign intelligence agencies

[Amavous]

List of 89 apps banned for Indian Army soldiers
Prabhjote Gill : Jul 9, 2020, 09:02 IST

• The Indian Army has banned 89 apps that it believes could be used to leak information to foreign intelligence agencies.
  
• The list of banned apps includes 15 dating apps like Tinder, OkCupid, Bumble and TrulyMadly.
  
• The Indian Army has also banned “all Tencent gaming apps”.

The Indian Army has 89 apps including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and a slew of dating apps that could be used to target Indian army personnel.

The news comes in after the central government banned 59 Chinese apps nationwide that were allegedly prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

The list of apps banned by the Indian Army also includes news apps — News Dog and Daily Hunt — video conferencing tool Zoom, True Caller, Hungama, Hike and Reddit.

Here’s the full list of apps banned by the Indian Army:

1. WeChat
2. QQ
3. Kikoo
4. Voo
5. Nimbuzz
6. Helo
7. Qzone
8. ShareChat
9. Viber
10. Line
11. IMO
12. Snow
13. To Tok
14. Hike
15. TikTok
16. Like
17. eSamosa
18. Kwali
19. Shareit
20. Xender
21. Zapya
22. UC Browser
23. UC Browser Mini
24. LiveMe
25. BigoLive
26. Zoom
27. Fast Films
28. Vmate
29. Uplive
30. Vigo Video
31. Cam Scanner
32. Beauty Plus
33. True Caller
34. PUBG
35. NONO Live
36. Clash of Kings
37. All Tencent gaming apps
38. Mobile Legends
39. Club Factory
40. AliExpress
41. Chinabrands
42. Gearbest
43. Banggood
44. MiniInTheBox
45. TinyDeal
46. Dhhgate
47. LightinTheBox
48. DX
49. EricDress
50. Zaful
51. Tbdress
52. Modility
53. Rosegal
54. Shein
55. Romwe
56. Tinder
57. TrulyMadly
58. Happn
59. Aisle
60. Coffee Meets Bagel
61. Woo
62. OkCupid
63. Hinge
64. Badoo
65. Azar
66. Bumble
67. Tantan
68. Elite Singles
69. Tagged
70. Couch Surfing
71. 360 Security
72. Facebook
73. Baidu
74. Instagram
75. Ello
76. Snapchat
77. Daily Hunt
78. News Dog
79. Pratilipi
80. Heal of Y
81. POPXO
82. Vokal
83. Hungama
84. Songs.pk
85. Yelp
86. Tumblr
87. Reddit
88. FriendsFeed
89. Private Blogs

https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/checkout-the-list-of-89-apps-banned-for-indian-army-soldiers/articleshow/76865942.cms

 

[Figaro]

Honestly doing this might actually lower the soldiers' morale and willingness to be in the army ...

 

[khansaheeb]

Honestly doing this might actually lower the soldiers' morale and willingness to be in the army ...

They don't have much of a morale so it won't make much of a difference.

 

[RedHulk]

They don't want the actual Info to be leaked from LAC. Soldiers might be complaining about how govt forcing them to restraint from using ammunition and letting them get killed.

 

[Dark1]

Sone apps are really funny. Like a torch app asking for full access to your contacts ?
The Americans had banned fitbit in their deployed army to prevent tracking. Nothing strange about it.

 

[IblinI]

Sone apps are really funny. Like a torch app asking for full access to your contacts ?
The Americans had banned fitbit in their deployed army to prevent tracking. Nothing strange about it.

Your account has only revived for a day and yet again banned?