Indian Army has released a list of 89 smartphone apps, directing its personnel to delete any of the apps if present in their smartphones.?
The list of apps includes popular social media apps like Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat Truecaller and Instagram.
As reported by ANI in a tweet, Indian Army has generated a list of 89 apps, categorised as per their use, to be banned from use by any Army personnel.?
The banned apps by Indian Army are intended to plug any leakage of information from Army personnel's smartphones, as per the tweet.
The list includes a total of 14 messaging apps including WeChat, Hike, Kik and others, gaming apps including PUBG and even dating apps like Tinder and Bumble.?
Other widely used apps include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, UC Browser, Snapchat, CamScanner and more. You can check out the complete list in the images below.?
MESSAGING PLATFORM APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
1) WeChat 2) QQ 3) Kikoo 4) Voo 5) Nimbuzz 6) Helo 7) Qzone 8) ShareChat 9) Viber 10) Line 11) IMO 12) Snow 13) To Tok 14) Hike
VIDEO HOSTING?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
15) TikTok 16) Like 17) eSamosa 18) Kwali
CONTENT SHARING?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
19) Shareit 20) Xender 21) Zapya
WEB BROWSERS?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
22) UC Browser 23) UC Browser Mini
VIDEO AND LIVE STREAMING?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
24) LiveMe 25) BigoLive 26) Zoom 27) Fast Films 28) Vmate 29) Uplive 30) Vigo Video
UTILITY APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
31) Cam Scanner 32) Beauty Plus 33) True Caller
GAMING APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
34) PUBG 35) NONO Live 36) Clash of Kings 37) All Tencent gaming apps 38) Mobile Legends
E-COMMERCE?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
39) Club Factory 40) AliExpress 41) Chinabrands 42) Gearbest 43) Banggood 44) MiniInTheBox 45) TinyDeal 46) Dhhgate 47) LightinTheBox 48) DX 49) EricDress 50) Zaful 51) Tbdress 52) Modility 53) Rosegal 54) Shein 55) Romwe
DATING APPS?BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
56) Tinder 57) TrulyMadly 58) Happn 59) Aisle 60) Coffee Meets Bagel 61) Woo 62) OkCupid 63) Hinge 64) Badoo 65) Azar 66) Bumble 67) Tantan 68) Elite Sinles 69) Tagged 70) Couch Surfing
ANTIVIRUS?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
71) 360 Security
NETWORKING?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
72) Facebook 73) Baidu 74) Instagram 75) Ello 76) Snapchat
NEWS APPS?BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
77) Daily Hunt 78) News Dog
ONLINE BOOK READING?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
79) Pratilipi
HEALTH?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
80) Heal of Y
LIFESTYLE?APP BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
81) POPXO
KNOWLEDGE?APP BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
82) Vokal
MUSIC?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
83) Hungama 84) Songs.pk
BLOGGING/MICRO BLOGGING?APPS BANNED BY INDIAN ARMY
85) Yelp 86) Tumblr 87) Reddit 88) FriendsFeed 89) Private Blogs
The ban on the use of smartphone apps by Indian Army follows a nationwide ban on 59 Chinese apps announced two weeks before.?
The 89 banned apps listed by Indian Army also lists several of these already banned Chinese apps, including TikTok and CamScanner.
As was the case earlier, the ban by Indian Army seems to be inspired by data security concerns. The Chinese apps banned earlier were blamed for unauthorized collection of user data and its transfer to locations outside of India. The smartphone app ban by Indian Army seems to be on similar lines.