Sanchar Saathi was never the cure

Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.

6 December, 20256 min
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Sanchar Saathi was never the cure

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