Indian government is big on pronouncements.

It will be a garbage app that most likely will not work, considering the historical incompetence of the Indian government's expertise in all things tech.

I am pretty certain Apple and Samsung will pay off someone in the government.

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lacy_tinpot 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Isn't one of the largest payment processors in the world made by the Indian Government?

Personally I wouldn't risk my personal digital privacy on the incompetence of the government. I'd assume the opposite.

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aeyes 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Not really, UPI is developed and operated by several large banks.

Maybe you were thinking about PIX in Brazil which is developed and operated by their central bank.

	▲	lacy_tinpot 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No. UPI. It's an initiative by the Indian government. It's controlled by the RBI, just through a complex public-private corporate structure through NPCI. UPI is much larger and more international than PIX. It's currently processing iirc something like 200 billion transactions. UPI is also used in several countries, France being among the most recent examples. As such UPI has a broader scope than PIX and requires a public-private corporate structure with stakeholders from both sides. But this is off topic. The competence of the Indian government to at the very minimum partner with Industry shows that such software preloaded on phones is a threat to the civil liberties of people that the State shouldn't encroach on. This is a violation of individual privacy.
	▲	chupchap 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I thought it was made by NPCI, which is owned by RBI, AND the IBA. It is ultimately a government organisation.

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SanjayMehta 12 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have this app installed on my phone, and it helped eliminate "digital arrest" scam calls from 5-6 calls per day to maybe one in 2 months.

It makes filing an online complaint against the incoming call almost frictionless.

Having said that, I don't believe it should be shoved down our throats.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_arrest

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ignoramous 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It will be a garbage app that most likely will not work, considering the historical incompetence of the Indian government's expertise in all things tech.

Wait until "they" outsource it (on the pretext of national security interests) to countries that have deep talent in cybersecurity (like the US/Israel/Russia/China).

Ex: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/06/11/india-orders-new-fig...