India reportedly reviewing telecom industry's proposal for always-on satellite location tracking on smartphones

06 December 2025
Apple, Samsung, and Google have reportedly opposed this proposal.

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Anonymous, 08 Dec 2025Oh, where are the Sanchar Saathi defenders now? All that c... moreI would suggest you to check out the amount of data that Sanchaar Sathi takes on Play Store.
After this, if you have any problems with location tracking, then keep your location tracking on your phone off 24x7 and then see.

    Darth Caesium, 06 Dec 2025You may blindly defend every indefensible action that your ... moreFirst of all, where did text come from? Neither sanchar saathi, nor the proposed location tracking by Jio and other telecom services, can read texts or derive any information from the phone. Just go to Google Play store and see for yourself how much data Sanchaar Saathi aap takes, none, it collects not even a single KB of data. Very high quality analysis indeed.

    My point is, that every person already has their location on 24x7, that apps like Instagram, Facebook and Google, take 24x7 (also, see how much data these apps take on Play store, its mind blowing), then what is wrong if there is always -on satelitte tracking? That is my only point. On Sanchaar Sathi, it is for citizens own safety, not for data collection, as the propoganda suggests.
    All in all, it was just a proposal that I supported and gave my points on. If someone has a problem with location tracking and Sanchaar Sathi, then they should also delete all apps that take such data and more, and keep their location tracking off 24x7, else they are hypocrites.

      Anonymous, 06 Dec 2025An absolutely idiotic and small minded take on government t... moreLocation tracking, and corruption, are independent of each other.
      How can corruption increase if my government knows my location? What nonsense?
      And seriously, if somebody is really scared of their privacy when their democratically elected government has their location, then they should also delete Instagram, snapchat, facebook and every Google app. Otherwise, call yourself a hypocrite.

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        Anonymous, 08 Dec 2025Oh, where are the Sanchar Saathi defenders now? All that c... moreNo sane person defended that. The one who were defending were the people paid by this government to do so, all just to convince other innocent unsuspecting people. This government is master in this tactic, they did this before during the demonitisation as well if you remember.

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          • 08 Dec 2025

          Oh, where are the Sanchar Saathi defenders now?
          All that chest-thumping about “it’s just for your safety” aged like milk.
          The moment the app got canned, boom — the government drops the mask and now wants to roll out always-on surveillance, because apparently nothing says “public service” like tracking every citizen 24/7.

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            • 08 Dec 2025

            Open source linux is going to be very big, how can they miss that it is a personal property and no one else's

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              Anonymous, 07 Dec 2025You sure India is a democracy? Lol.I am sure it's ludocracy right now

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                ConcernedIndian, 07 Dec 2025India is moving rapidly towards being a surveillance state.... moreIt already controll the masses.
                By 2029 our grandchildren will also be in their radar.

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                  • 08 Dec 2025

                  I see some thinking this is okay , It's not.

                  I'm gonna be honest , if this happen
                  Other government soon follow
                  Youtube keep shadow banning me for true comment.
                  My beef with Facebook is also long time , but right now
                  Even peoppe who sue them aren't winning. I'm just a sand dust in this huge desert. My only hope is the popular influencers start to speak more of this. Privacy should be protected

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                    • 08 Dec 2025

                    naap51d, 07 Dec 2025but but but it is for "your safety & security"... moreDon't ever believe what your government tell you. They tell lies, break promises easily, and change rules as often as they want just to fit their needs.

                    The same thing happened in Indonesia several years ago, when the government push the rule to link phone number to ID card (so it was not only revealing our private data but also limit how we can acquire new phone numbers). They said it was to stop the scammer. Guess what? we still have scammers now, and worse than that ALL of our data was leaked to the dark net.

                      but but but it is for "your safety & security" LOL
                      Yeah that's what they will say, but we all know what it is for!

                        LOL.
                        World economy for sure is failing and this money like system getting nowhere but a casual washmaschine nothing else.
                        Hope soon or later all money will be the part of the history books and we all will live in a lot better world without money.

                        From hunger for money and powerty only another war can become. World is really evil nowdays all that will be left is a ruins and a scattered economy troughout the world.
                        Hope the last will shut down the lights when he will be leaving.
                        MOney been never a future of the world. Rich or poor we all are same. We all are humans and born from one mother and one father.
                        In the end we all are family and i really believe into this.

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                          India is moving rapidly towards being a surveillance state. The incumbent BJP led coalition government is trying its level best to control the masses and appease it's political backers.

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                            • 07 Dec 2025

                            As someone touched on earlier, will tourists on vacation or holiday get tracked? Lol, who are we kidding?

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                              • 07 Dec 2025

                              Leanzazzy, 07 Dec 2025They have their priorities right. Providing surveillance ... moreDamn! 🤣!

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                                NotAFanB0Y, 06 Dec 2025Half True... By being a Hindi Speaking person, you can... moreLmao! 🤣! Now THAT is wild!

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                                  Anonymous, 06 Dec 2025As an Indian, I've learnt not to bother talking with t... moreThey’re a different kind of crazy, lol.

                                    I will activate myself "if" this can help me track my stolen phone. 😭

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                                      • 07 Dec 2025

                                      You sure India is a democracy? Lol.

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                                        • 07 Dec 2025

                                        Wait a min WHAT ON THE ACTUAL FK ARE ONTO?
                                        jesus my man, this shit sounds absolutely ridiculous even as some confidential proposal!