India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

Post by markdown » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 8:42 PM UTC

malfist wrote: post #115

profsummergig wrote: post #16

ref: "the new tobacco" this last year i'm seeing very concerning behavior in students in the 14-20 range. complete addiction to their phones. very deep interests in things i was completely unaware that they existed. similar to how when i started noticing anime girlfriends/waifus in 2016. about 40% are deep in discord communities where i literally cannot figure out a single sentence of what they're talking about. if s…

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Post by stackedinserter » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 8:43 PM UTC

jonplackett wrote: post #42

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #23

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> Do they actually have a choice? Yes. Apple's revenues are half as much as the government of India's [1][2]. That's a resource advantage that gives Cupertino real leverage against New Delhi. [1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-reports-fourth-... $102.5bn / quarter [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_governmen... $827bn / year

Apple need India though. They’re moving a lot of their manufacturing there to derisk from a China. Also, they gave in to the CCP and always say ‘we obey the laws of the countries in which we operate’. Apple is, at the end of the day, just a business.

Post by JumpCrisscross » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 8:44 PM UTC

et-al wrote: post #130

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #52

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> Apple need India though. They’re moving a lot of their manufacturing there to derisk from a China That creates obligations both ways. Put another way, Apple is an increasingly-major employer in India. The real carrot New Delhi has is its growing middle class. The real carrot Apple has is its aspirational branding. > they gave in to the CCP and always say ‘we obey the laws of the countries in which we operate' Apple…

I fear (Apple) will do something that allows the government to do what it wants (with a bit more work) without explicitly installing something. For example, with the UK encryption debacle, Apple removed Advanced Data Protections (e2e encryption) for iCloud users in the UK. So users' notes, photos, emails are possibly open.

Post by AlexandrB » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 8:45 PM UTC

profsummergig wrote: post #51

ikmckenz wrote: post #40

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> very deep interests in things i was completely unaware that they existed ... say goodbye to the cognitive ability of a large chunk of future generations I would think very deep interests in niche or obscure topics is correlated with increased cognitive ability, not a decrease.

anime waifus?

Post by throwawayqqq11 » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 8:48 PM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #112

rishabhaiover wrote: post #22

I'm shocked by people and state using the crutch of cyber crime or scams to push a totalitarian solution to a problem that is better solved by improved education and targeted campaigns against common security pitfalls. I abhor any decision that robs even a grain of my individual freedom.

> improved education and targeted campaigns against common security pitfalls Good one. Do you see how dumb the average consumer is? They don't know or care even if you try to educate them.