Indian Army decides to ban 89 apps list: Here are the details

89 apps list ban by the Indian Army, the Indian Army has decided to ban a total of 89 apps list for the Army personnel on each Android and iOS platform posing security threats. Though these apps would continue to stay accessible by civilians, the Army men will be unable to make use of these 89 apps henceforth. The Army has claimed that the “all-weather” friends have been trying to trouble India on the LOC and LAC.

Out of those 89 apps, most are Chinese mobile apps, which the Army believes are getting used to sending out necessary data and security information to China. Last month, Indian govt had banned 59 applications starting in China in the nation.

Other than the Chinese apps, there are different few apps like Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, Tumblr, Reddit, Songs.pk, etc which also the Army has banned. The Army has baned these non-Chinese apps for its personnel most likely as a result of a few of these apps have been used for honey trapping in the past, and a few apps have known security issues. Video conferencing app Zoom has also been banned, which has faced a lot of privacy and security in recent times.

Social media applications like Facebook utilized by ISI agents for honey trapping

It is pertinent to notice right here, that many incidents previously have been reported where personnel of the Indian Armed forces has leaked delicate info related to the Indian armed forces after they have been honey-trapped by the Pakistani ISI operatives on social media. These Pakistani handlers usually pose as women and use apps like Facebook and Tinder to honey trap the Indian Army and Navy personnel to take out sensitive information from them.

The list of 89 apps banned by the Indian Army

The listing of all these 89 apps which the Indian Army has decided to ban are:

1. WeChat
2. QQ
3. Kik
4. ooVoo
5. Nimbuzz
6. Helo
7. Qzone
8. Share Chat
9. Viber
10. Line
11. IMO
12. Snow
13. To Tok
14. Hike
15. TikTok
16. Likee
17. Samosa
18. Kwali
19. Shareit
20. Xender
21. Zapya
22. UC Browser
23. UC Browser Mini
24. LiveMe
25. BigoLive
26. Zoom
27. Fast Films
28. Vmate
29. Uplive
30. Vigo Video
31. Cam Scanner
32. Beauty Plus
33. True Caller
34. PUBG
35. NONO Live
36. Clash of Kings
37. All Tencent gaming apps
38. Mobile Legends
39. Club Factory
40. AliExpress
41. Chinabrands
42. Gearbest
43. Banggood
44. MiniInTheBox
45. Tiny Deal
46. Dhhgate
47. LightinTheBox
48. DX
49. Eric Dress
50. Zaful
51. Tbdress
52. Modility
53. Rosegal
54. Shein
55. Romwe
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
71. 360 Security
72. Facebook
73. Baidu
74. Instagram
75. Ello
76. Snapchat
77. Daily Hunt
78. News Dog
79. Pratilipi
80. Heal of Y
81. POPXO
82. Vokal
83. Hungama
84. Songs.pk
85. Yelp
86. Tumblr
87. Reddit
88. FriendsFeed
89. Private Blogs

India bans 59 Chinese apps

In the aftermath of the Galwan Valley standoff, the Indian Government had banned TikTok and 58 different Chinese apps, saying they engage in activities that threaten Indian national sovereignty, integrity, and defence. The ministry in its press launch stated that it has not too long ago been receiving complaints from varied sources together with a number of stories in regards to the misuse of some mobile apps obtainable on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting customers’ data in an unauthorized method to servers which have a location exterior India. The compilation of those data poses which menace to nationwide safety and sovereignty and is a matter of deep concern stated the assertion.

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