

The circular has advised that all the officers and personnel should not use the apps for both official and personal purposes.

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“At Xiaomi, we take security and privacy very seriously. Use of these apps by our force personnel can be detrimental to data security having implications on the force and national security.” An India Today report posted the advisory letter in its website and the report reads out as: “As per reliable inputs, a number of Android/IOS apps developed by Chinese developers or having Chinese links are reportedly either spyware or other malicious ware. Under a new advisory, the agencies have reportedly issued a warning to the Indian army and paramilitary against their usage. Indian intelligence agencies have reportedly listed as many as 42 mobile applications that have the potential to carry out a cyber-attack against the country. Once again India has picked out Chinese apps and listed them as spyware or malware.
