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Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by wiz21c on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @03:59AM (#46119125)
Done more or less like that in Belgium too. Basically, if any civil servant look at your data, this is recorded in the "Banque Carrefour de la Sécurité Sociale". Your eid is used to authentify/authorize you on various state web site (which is OK)
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Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by satyamkapoor on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @06:15AM (#46120086)
Have been using this service in Belgium and it really helps you gain trust. Ofcourse no one knows if there is still a back door
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Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by ekianjo on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @07:34AM (#46120580)
You should totally assume by default that there is a backdoor. Makes no sense whatsoever for the authorities to grant themselves less power.
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