The DoT has mandated SIM-card binding for OTT communication apps

[Hitori_Abhito7]

@Kaiju404 Durov has lost his mind recently but he understands the need to keep the business going

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2197146&reg=3&lang=2

 

[Kaiju404]

@Kaiju404 Durov has lost his mind recently but he understands the need to keep the business going

Agreed! once he was a great privacy advocator and now after he got arstd ig he got slapd hard in there which made him comply.... well then

 

[Kaiju404]

Govt's Sanchar Saathi and SIM-binding mandates a privacy concern, may hit business model: Experts

New government directives for OTT apps and phone makers are causing concern. These rules mandate SIM binding for communication apps and preloading a government app on all new phones. Industry experts warn of business model threats and user privacy issues. Legal challenges are being...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Kaiju404]

Update as of today for New Sim Binding rules:

Sim Binding: Telecom department’s SIM-binding rule to come into effect from tomorrow, March 1: What is SIM-binding, how it works and what it means for WhatsApp users | - The Times of India

Tech News News: Starting March 1, WhatsApp, Telegram and other platforms that use mobile numbers for login will have to follow a new SIM-binding rule issued by the De.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Doomed

 

[Hitori_Abhito7]

But I thought we won.....

 

[Sushubh]

good luck to mobile networks to handle whatsapp (and telegram and signal and every other messaging app?) otps for their entire userbase 4 times a day.

 

[Sushubh]

read an article and it does seem to apply on devices which does not have sims so would affect whatsapp web users. and well people like me who use telegram on pc pretty much all the time. verifying otp every six hours to use telegram on pc? god knows what freak came up with this concept.

 

[Kaiju404]

read an article and it does seem to apply on devices which does not have sims so would affect whatsapp web users. and well people like me who use telegram on pc pretty much all the time. verifying otp every six hours to use telegram on pc? god knows what freak came up with this concept.

We are all living in a circus apparently

 

[Sushubh]

telegram does not even like to send sms in india (and a lot of other countries) lol. i can imagine they are not going to be happy with this. i do not think i have logged in with a sms in years. they send otp on another device where you are logged in. they have also been pushing users to get premium for a week to get first otp to compensate the costs of sending texts lol. lala company.

this is also why i stay logged in on multiple browsers and devices at any given time. fuckers are really anal about sending otp on sms.

 

[Skye]

@Sushubh Don't they have scan QR and login option too? I logged in a long time ago, so I don't remember.