Where does it say that? Why this click baity submission?
India drafts rules to stop developer mode and side loading of apps
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#12The headline sounds user-hostile and the description reads completely opposite. Also, can we have some sources?
Yeah, not sure if the submission URL is wrong. The relevant article for the headline seems to be "Draft on Mobile Security Guidelines (MSG)" (http://egovstandards.gov.in/comments-on-mobile-security-guid...) which does mention the following:
> Developer mode option should only be available on engineering sample phones only. Engineering sample phones shall be made available based on special request to the phone manufacturer
In "Draft on Guidelines for Anonymisation of Data (AoD)" I don't find any mentions of developer mode or side-loading at all.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://egovstandards.gov.in/sites/default/files/MSG_Guidelin... Page 63
This only talks about data privacy, not sideloading apps and does not even mention developer mode
4.3 (E)
> (i) Mobile phone security shall not allow to download unregistered and non-verified third-party Apps in mobile phone.
> (ii) Developer mode option should only be available on engineering sample phones only. Engineering sample phones shall be made available based on special request to the phone manufacturer.
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#16They shoould ban the sale of knives in India. You know... It is a murder weapon and used to kill people!!
Useless people sitting at the top. Don't know any way to manage except for ban or kill...
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#17The title is correct but linked article is incorrect. Here is the link to the correct article
http://egovstandards.gov.in/comments-on-mobile-security-guid...
The title is right according to the proposed rules. Indian government doesn't want their people to run programs they would want to on their own device bought with their own money, without getting it signed by Google/Apple.
Either the government is fooled by the word "sideloading" which truly means "freedom to run any code" but madeup in such a way that it means bypassing security of Android and iOS or the government doesn't like the fact that they cannot ban apps directly downloaded from web.
Indian government's rules are always "one step forward, ten steps backward"!
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
This only talks about data privacy, not sideloading apps and does not even mention developer mode
4.3 (E) > (i) Mobile phone security shall not allow to download unregistered and non-verified third-party Apps in mobile phone. > (ii) Developer mode option should only be available on engineering sample phones only. Engineering sample phones shall be made available based on special request to the phone manufacturer.
Gotcha, thanks. I was looking in the wrong pdf
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
This only talks about data privacy, not sideloading apps and does not even mention developer mode
4.3 (E) > (i) Mobile phone security shall not allow to download unregistered and non-verified third-party Apps in mobile phone. > (ii) Developer mode option should only be available on engineering sample phones only. Engineering sample phones shall be made available based on special request to the phone manufacturer.
Page 5:
"The document enlists guidelines around basic security controls and is not prescriptive in
nature. The readers are responsible for making their own independent assessment of the
information in this document."
Re: India drafts rules to stop developer mode and side loading of apps
#20They shoould ban the sale of knives in India. You know... It is a murder weapon and used to kill people!! Useless people sitting at the top. Don't know any way to manage except for ban or kill...
It would be nice if you read the source, and understand what is mentioned before going all knee-jerk about banning knives. Please quote the source where it says India is "banning" anything here.