India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app to ensure cyber safety

Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by abc123abc123 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @06:49AM (#46120315)

Yes, it is the single most popular vector for scammers to fleece old people. Great! Add to that, that your identity is controlled by banks, not the government, and that banks can terminate you without any due process, and complaining can take weeks if not months, and there is no guaranteed positive outcome.

No thank you, I'll take no ID over ID any day, and at worst, a physical plastic card over a bullsh*t digital solution that is used to lock you out off society.

Sweden is really the worst possible approach, is authoritarian, and hands over the power to the banks controlling the digital ID system.

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Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by lifestyleguru on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @07:22AM (#46120521)

Banks and fintechs turned really brazen with triggering invasive AML/KYC requests without any legal basis, even more invasive than tax offices. Nonchalantly freezing and locking funds and accounts. They oftentimes require the latest version of smartphone app working only on recent smartphones. I don't want my digital identity to depend on them.

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Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by amarant on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:34AM (#46130906)

Since you're talking about scams, let's look at some statistics: https://www.statista.com/chart/33872/estimated-average-losse...

I believe you'll find that no ID, which is the American approach, is, in actual fact, worse than digital ID.

Also, authoritarian? You're not forced to use BankID, what are you even on about?

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