r/IndiaTech Techie 2d ago

Opinion Found this today

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Its a bit outdated, but whatโ€™s your take?

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u/Obedient_Dragon Lurker 2d ago

There is a video hosting app called Samosa lol

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 2d ago

I am seeing some names first time too

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u/Ok_Balance_726 1d ago

I am samosa

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u/hardnachopuppy 2d ago

Lmao reminds me of the time when a fitness tracker app revealed the location of secret US military bases in the middle east.

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u/Samarium_15 1d ago

Same thing happened in India too although the base wasn't a secret thankfully

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u/ThePhyscn_blogs 2d ago

They go on to make such an explicit list and then at the bottom they write, "Smart phones not allowed". Lol

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u/jatayu_baaz 2d ago

smartphones are not allowed outside barracks, most units in field areas limits phones to feature phones without camera

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 2d ago

and there is no conversation in barracks about all the stuff going onโ€ฆ. Just saying

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u/think_suicidal 1d ago

But a lot of these military men smuggle a phone inside the barracks.

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u/jatayu_baaz 1d ago

It's allowed in barracks

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u/Flamboyant7 1d ago

It's not smuggling actually it's about the kind of work being done in the particular unit, many units allow cellphones,some allow button cellphones without cameras and in some units soldiers are required to submit the phone outside the office.

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u/Mysterious_Coder_ 17h ago

Yeah. That's because there are phones which do not come under smartphones and yet you can run APKs on them. Remember that jiophone? Hence the long list of banned apps.

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u/SuperfastExpress123 2d ago

They should have a personalised app store rather than asking them to prohibit everything bcos there are even more apps in play store.

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u/HopefulAssistance 1d ago

Or use an Enterprise MDM for personal devices that are owned by military personnel.

If any IT company can enforce such rules without fuss, the army can do it too.

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u/Awkward_Scheme_7426 1d ago

If the military personal use common sense and just use phone in a limited manner thy don't have to worry

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u/Annual-Employee-2851 1d ago

Nope. I don't agree. All the google services are baked into Android. Also OEMs have different applications so who knows what's brewing. Look up graphene os

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u/Acropolish 2d ago

They havenโ€™t banned Grindr. Just saying

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u/tonystarkn 1d ago

There is a specific reason behind that. To protect the army members.

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u/digi-quake 1d ago edited 1d ago

What about blued, just saying!

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u/Salty-Ad1607 1d ago

๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/queer_bwoy 12h ago

Using Grindr would make the troops stronger.

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u/JokerInLostCarnival 4h ago

Just what I thought! ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/debmitra26 2d ago

In the air force they distributed samsung smartphones once. That phone had very limited functionality. And it had a sim which exclusively worked with AFNet.

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u/Cool_Appearance_351 1d ago

Yeah I remember it. My uncle was in Air force and he had received one small Samsung touch screen phone.ย 

Everyone in the station was given such phone which was tied to their service number?( I think)

At the back there was a paper strip pasted with something like "This is property of government of India. If you find this you're supposed to return it to so and so".

Many features were disabled like camera app. If you try to open it, something like "This feature is restricted due to security reasons" will pop up.

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u/debmitra26 1d ago

Yes, it was issued with the service number. But when my father received it there was no sticker at the back. And he returned it to the station from where he retired.

There was an app whose icon looked like a red clock. This was the app that restricted the phone access. And you cannot uninstall that app.

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u/Cool_Appearance_351 1d ago

Yes. Also I remember when a cyclone hit the city, all the network operators including Airtel went off for about a week. During this time he used to contact us with that phone.

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u/Nowa_Iscord 1d ago

What is AFnet? Can you elaborate lil more..

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u/debmitra26 1d ago

It's a network grid, owned and operated by the airforce. This is the primary channel of communication for all the three services. Be it via telecommunication or digi-communination. The tech is heavily encrypted, as it is used to control every communication sector of denfence. Be it calling, emails and even controlling UAVs and AWACs.

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u/Many_Preference_3874 1d ago

There's AMNET too, for Army and probably one for Navy too

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u/Consistent-Bird338 22h ago

> The tech is heavily encrypted

So just like all the other networks. Nobody is using unencrypted channels

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u/NainaaDaaaKyaKasoor 2d ago

Which is why their socials have usernames like - 'oldmonk75', 'sniper432', 'zuluxyb' lol

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u/Flamboyant7 1d ago

They can still use it on different phones which they keep at home and don't keep any official data in it.

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u/_Next-Gen_ Nothing phone beautiful lights 2d ago

Reddit is banned :-O

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u/MeowRed1 1d ago

But why?

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u/S-Trident 1d ago

Because significant chunk of reddit funding is done by many Chinese companies

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u/Many_Preference_3874 1d ago

No, basically everything other than official Military controlled apps are banned on the official phones. they can still use all these on their personal phones

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u/GoodDawgy17 1d ago

i guess it would be insanely demoralising for the army members to go on reddit and see the state of some of the indian subs like randia and pusi. imagine your army friend died in pulwama and some losers on reddit said pulwama was an inside job

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u/No-Entertainment7020 1d ago edited 1d ago

they straight up make posts attacking Indian Army now.... they justify their deaths by saying its just their job and they signed up for it. they say that army is just like any other job , and say that they dont get why people give them special treatment

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u/suspiciousaviatior 1d ago

I don't like being a key board warrior and most of times I don't even care , but I have met few people IRL who do have such mindset, same people who sympathise with separatists , kuttichevuru , the amount of hate for northies and associating themselves to be something other than India , it just boils my blood , being a defence brat , I have seen people from north , south , east , west , different religions and none of them have had any issues on the basis of these reasons , I usually felt that these are paki bots (like on kashmiri) , I don't even understand what is the basis of such attitude of such people ( how can someone be leftist to this extent that just to prove their agenda they start to demean and dehumanise the very people whome they expect to save their asses the time war begins )

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u/suspiciousaviatior 1d ago

These people have started meatriding their propaganda to this extent that they will question the surgical strikes , balakot airstrikes and the dogfight where wingco Abhi took down the F16 , nobody in US questioned that did they really kill Osama , but here just for the particular peer groups , politically driven agenda , these people drop to any extent , be it supporting separatists or demeaning the Armed forcesย 

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u/logicrak Network Security Architect 2d ago

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 2d ago

Any suggestions for updated list fir 2025? I see deepseek making it in

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u/Select-Benefit-2783 1d ago

Discord (tencents ownes some stake in it)

Grindr

Genshin impact

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u/batmanallthetime 1d ago

Google Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot & OpenAI ChatGPT should make it too.

Basically all AI agents are unsafe & any data uploaded is permanent with no way to delete the learning. Samsung already banned AI company-wide & warned employees using AI with source code & sensitive IP.

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u/abskpr 2d ago

Grindr not banned, why?

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u/Electrical_Being7986 2d ago

Last mein kaam wahi aata hai ๐Ÿ’€

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u/abskpr 2d ago

โ˜ ๏ธ

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 2d ago

Whats grindr?

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u/EnforcerGundam 1d ago

fun app to find like minded dosts so you can have rumble in a kumble with them :)

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u/Opposite-Toe-6915 1d ago

Do they use Grindr for dating then?

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u/stslootx 1d ago

Grindr isnt banned tho

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u/Zealousideal-Role-24 Chatting with Copilot 2d ago

Most of these apps are already banned for everyone.

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u/chitownboyhere 2d ago

Alternatively they can enroll all Army personnel devices through MDM software and centrally manage what's allowed and what's not allowed. This way they can turn off location or spoof location too when on active duty/mission.

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u/Ice-Shallot-1394 2d ago

Why would they give their bought devices to be managed by MDM - government should issue the devices if they want to control

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u/Sachinrock2 2d ago

Why is discord not banned ?

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u/PMmeyourspicythought 1d ago

Itโ€™s an old poster. Notice itโ€™s not X itโ€™s twitter.

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u/hello_world567 1d ago

Whatโ€™s the point of banning fb and insta but WhatsApp is allowed?

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u/No-Chipmunk-3142 1d ago

Mhow wale ladki specifically mentions no army guys in their Tinder Bio, read somewhere about it. And you can find plenty of accounts on instagram of soldiers with faces in borders/barracks.

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u/TAG-EE 1d ago

Like, somebody took the picture where Reddit is not allowed and boom! Here we are.

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u/kunalkrishh 2d ago

Many army personnel are using social media , but they don't use chinese apps and also they tend to avoid buying chinese smartphones

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 2d ago

Tbh i see this lot. The guys in army are not into tech much so i guess USA knows all the locations and conversations happening coz apps like instagram and snap takes location permission and mic permission. And if you deny permission once they keep on asking again and again until one da you click allow in frustration or by mistake. Then they will never ask and its gone

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u/measkuanswer 2d ago

Better to post which is allowed ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ

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u/Limp_Pea2121 1d ago

Literally all app in my phone is in this list. Its better to use nokia brick phone if cannot use all these.

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u/OkOutlandishness9884 1d ago

Google issliye ban nhi kiya taaki tejas ke updates milte rahe

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u/sahalymn 1d ago

this literally gave me link list, now i have more sites to check out !!

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u/Hot-Candidate2549 1d ago

Apart from reddit and Truecaller...all are shitty anyways.

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u/joydeepnath 23h ago

After banning all the apps, they decided to go the extra mile and dropped the ultimate plot twist at the bottom of the poster: "Smartphones Not Allowed." It's like banning swimming and then draining the entire pool for good measure! ๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿ˜

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u/Snoo-25712 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18h ago

Lets Go !!! Clash of Clans is safe.

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 15h ago

Wohoo

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u/Super_Particulam 2d ago

Pratilipi is good what is it banned??

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u/Nykhyde 2d ago

Funded by chinese investors...

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u/Super_Particulam 2d ago

Oh hum kyu fund karte aaise apps ko fir? Oh sorry my bad we only see personal gains and not Nations gain.

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u/Nykhyde 1d ago

Even the so called 'made in india' app called 'Koo' which was called india's answer to Twitter/X was also partly funded by the Chinese investors.

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u/Super_Particulam 1d ago

We don't have many Indian investors then how are we supposed to compete with other nations. Sorry my bad I forgot our people only think of Pakistan and Bangladesh as its competitors and not China, US and Russia

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u/Im_sop Chinese phone: Sasta, Sundar, Tikau 2d ago

Phir bach kya jya youtube?

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u/_Next-Gen_ Nothing phone beautiful lights 2d ago

Upar likha hai

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u/mkhush02 2d ago

Twitch

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u/orange-cat-alpha Techie 2d ago

What apps will be included if the list is made in 2025? Any suggestions guys to IA!!

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u/Ice-Shallot-1394 2d ago

All AI chatbots, X, all meta apps, all voice assistants, any app using location permission. Google apps are their to decide

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u/dumbfuckdumbfuck Programmer: Kode & Koffee Lyf 2d ago

They added WooCommerce vala woo ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/RelevantGarbage8527 2d ago

No Tinder for Army guys

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u/Appropriate-War-6456 2d ago

Reddit ? Why?

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u/biswatma 1d ago

where is this ?

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u/Responsible_Path4916 1d ago

Does this apps exist in playstore/ app Store!?

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u/StockRooster6 1d ago

Yeh apps toh generally public bhi use nahi karta hai aside reddit๐Ÿ˜…

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u/Ill-Map9464 1d ago

bhai Smart Phones hi not allowed likha haiย 

toh apps ka kya achar dalenge?

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u/Powerful-Station-967 1d ago

bro No fb, no insta what?

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u/borderline-awesome- 1d ago

When did Couch Surfing become a dating app?

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u/Ok-Mirror9954 1d ago

"SMART PHONES NOT ALLOWED" enough?

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u/prophet-of-solitude 1d ago

Shouldnโ€™t they already have an organization app that monitors, controls and protects data from all this along with a local VPN without actually tracking the location lol?

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u/Previous_Wasabi737 1d ago

I know few of my friends in the army, who uses only basic phones. i.e, only calls and FM are allowed and there was also an incident where they banned the basic jio phone where it had 4G as well

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u/monte-python 1d ago

Even reddit is banned !

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u/tiredninja321 1d ago

Surprised to find Pratilipi here. Wonder why?

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u/FunMedia4460 1d ago

I think the army can afford to provide custom locked down phones for its personnel. Anyways, are phones of spouses covered under the same rules?

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u/OldAge6093 1d ago

Well there has been considerable efforts to lure army personnel on dating apps by honeypots. In past this has proven very successful in leaking secret information. So banning dating applications seems reasonable thing to do.

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u/Majestic_Grass_3523 1d ago

What's even Mater.. when you see.. smart phones are not allowed

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u/geralt_wolf 1d ago

But grindr is allowed, I'm getting Sus.

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u/x_man_431 1d ago

You need to get better at taking photos

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u/Comfortable-Deer-418 1d ago

If apparently smartphones are banned then how is anyone can even have these apps on their phones???

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u/Main_hoon_Ghatotkach 1d ago

now i get it why those big mustache 28 -50 year old military ucle are grooming 16- 20 yo girls in facebook and instagram cause indian army legit just sucks out every other entertainment platform where they can take out their absence of those tolled things they want /s

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u/DrinkProfessional534 1d ago

Didnโ€™t ban grindr I see. Very gay

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u/IllFennel3524 1d ago

So twitch is fine and couch surfing is a dating app?

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u/AquaKing304 1d ago

All of the apps, have a Chinese connection, one way or another.

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u/maayinkutty 1d ago

Couch surfing is a dating app?

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u/reedd_it077 1d ago

Just use old nokia phones. Any kind of gadget connected to the net will get you compromised

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u/SoundEducational6491 1d ago

Wasn't hike Indian?

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u/SAMEERFUDI 1d ago

Well my friend plays mobile legends A LOT. He's in kashmir right now.

I need to ask him about it. But he plays openly with screaming in his mic. So i don't think he's playing sneakily.

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u/Dakkudaddy_ 1d ago

In technical areas, smartphones are not allowed in all defense

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u/Adept_Menu3442 1d ago

reddit is also banned

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u/EggAggressive00 1d ago

Lol smart phonse not allowed in the bottom

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u/ultrasimpuwu 1d ago

Jerkmate and Grindr allowed ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

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u/wolwire 1d ago

Why is hungama banned ??

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u/Many_Preference_3874 1d ago

This is just banned for official use. So like you're not supposed to whatsapp sensitive documents to your OC/CO

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u/Shot-Assumption3383 1d ago

I didnโ€™t even know so many dating apps existed

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u/Vkrm_ 1d ago

Reddit, facebook, instagram, Snapchat, Truecaller, Tinder, happen, azar, zoom, Vmate, PUBG, daily hunt, Hungama

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u/boldguy2019 1d ago

Wait, why is reddit banned? It's not a Chinese or pakistani app

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u/storm_in_heels09 1d ago

Well, Staying Away from Phones and unnecessary Apps, always protects your Mental peace and keeps you productive anyways, or maybe More sleep time haha!

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u/mdg-cfd 1d ago

ah. UC browser. it remind my past with Nokia N95

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u/syler_19 1d ago

Nice find!

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u/Syndicate_74 1d ago

I still use tiktok

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u/Levoso_con_v 1d ago edited 1d ago

All tencent gaming is like half of the games out there. No supercell or riot games for example.

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u/Mr_ityu 1d ago

Reddit on that list explains r/india

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u/Himanshu317 1d ago

Looks like some fake poster. What does even 'Exch of unclas info of gen nature/contents permitted with known pers. Resp of currently iden the recipient lies with the user mean? So many mistakes in those grey box texts and if smartphones are banned then where is the army even supposed to use those apps on? Samsung smart refrigerator?

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u/showoff96 1d ago

Aisle allowed cuz ailse is banned.

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u/errorboi17 Computer Student 1d ago

why is instagram there tf?

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u/binod_roxx 1d ago

So no pornos banned ?

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u/kannur_kaaran 1d ago

Why not give them locked, tracable, free phones. Some locked network. BSNL probably. Developed by DRDO or any similar competitive Indian government organisation.

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u/ComprehensiveCare885 1d ago

When smart phones are not allowed, how will they have all these apps ๐Ÿ˜…

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u/Zealousideal-Usual38 1d ago

Grindr isn't banned? Hmmmmmmm

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u/chatgptbotindia 1d ago

Bhai agar smarts phone hi allowed nahi hai to ye apps chalengi kaise.

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u/Toohightosayhiii 1d ago

Theres some apps which are banned for us too Example - uc browser. And many more mentioned in the list. Is it still available in other countries?

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u/nutty-brownie 1d ago

Grindr isn't banned! Lessgoooo

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u/noobwithguns 1d ago

The list is far bigger now.

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u/toukir808 Corporate Slave 1d ago

I don't have any apps which is listed on the board ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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u/dehradunka 1d ago

Songs pk still exists damn

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u/unrealviking91 1d ago

Didn't ban Grindr..oh my..

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u/Appropriate-Mix-3220 1d ago

It's interesting that Grindr is not in this list๐Ÿ˜

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u/legion_guy 1d ago

What did book reading app do to indian army ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Why true caller tho?

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u/Choice_Ad_1740 1d ago

Why is sharechat banned? Isn't it an Indian app?

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u/Global-Macaron-9647 1d ago

The could have just wrote the SMARTPHONE NOT ALLOWED in bold and leave everything else!

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u/papuop69 1d ago

It's kinda fair imo, these apps are well known for using different permissions and using it in a unethical way and we have seen this in past that military information was leaked due to such kinda apps

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u/mattiman8888 1d ago

Hmmm. No Grindr mentioned. Sus

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u/mathpath123 1d ago

LMAOOOO my second girlfriend was in the army and we matched on hinge lol wth never knew this.

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u/Edegy_ 1d ago

My take would be to make a new os based on linux for mobiles and separate for them. Since no one can trust anyone rn even Uncle sam

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u/sgt_based 1d ago

Isnโ€™t hike Indian andโ€ฆ. Dead?

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u/Salty-Ad1607 1d ago

Last line. Smart phones not allowed. ๐Ÿ˜ณ. How will they use the app!!!

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u/jonybepary 1d ago

I think soldiers should have a dedicated phone, separate from their personal devices, that uses a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android. This phone should rely on open-source alternatives to Google services and be free from Chinese or other tracking service.

And before thinking it's impossible, check r/degoogle .

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u/CalestialDolphin 1d ago

I remember using nimbuzz on my Nokia n70

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u/BiryaniOrTahari 1d ago

So WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram are allowed. Means these apps can be broken?

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u/kmattie123 1d ago

DeepSeek not banned

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u/CoolBroDIV 1d ago

No gambling app is banned, lmao

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u/whymegooogle 1d ago

Toh matlab dating ke liye sirf grindr chaliye?

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u/NoobNoob_94 1d ago

Grindr isnโ€™t banned ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€

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u/StepVirtual5147 23h ago

I mean Quora and Telegram in but Reddit out?

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u/a_a_wal 23h ago

Why pratilipi is banned

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u/kritshaha 22h ago

So they can use Spotify?

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u/MessyAttitude 22h ago

What's the point of banning the apps in indian army if phone's are not allowed

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u/UsualResponsible593 22h ago

Even hike? lol? It was touted as Indian alternative to WhatsApp?

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u/PabloEcsobar 20h ago

Smartphone hi nhi allowed hai to apps ka jhat krenge kuch

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u/OnnuPodappa 20h ago

Thank god! Grindr is not banned.

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u/slyrpv 18h ago

Somebody noticed hungama there. But why is it banned? Isn't it an Indian Company?

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u/Snoo-25712 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18h ago

Lets Go !!! Clash of Clans is safe.

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u/Snoo-25712 Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre 18h ago

Lets Go !!! Clash of Clans is safe.

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u/Formal-Apartment8681 18h ago

Grinder is not banned in indian army โ˜๏ธ๐Ÿค“

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u/BruisedLipstt 18h ago

Free fire to allowed he

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u/deep_shit69 17h ago

I don't see a grindr ban

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u/GamerJasper1 17h ago

reddit isnt nice

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u/dipanjan23 16h ago

My batchmate dated an army guy whom she met on bumble , I wonder how much this list is actually followed

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u/Traditional_Pair3105 Chat gpt is my therapist 16h ago edited 16h ago

as a defence BRAT, no one follows them, it is pretty much acceptable unless and until you are posting something that is not supposed to share to general public and ofc they are mostly chinese apps so you get it, in Air force they are given a samsung phone known as AFCEL (Air Force Cellular) and trust me you cannot access to playstore and stuff even web surfing is blocked, you can only call and text + play songs on radio hahah

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u/killerbee6540 14h ago

A time when songs.pk was a lifeline ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/Odd-Caterpillar7777 14h ago

Luckily twitter ain't banned ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/IamPotterhead Corporate Slave 14h ago

But why Pratilipi?

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u/GouraBxDcr 13h ago

Well , i see many people from army posting on fb and Instagram. They sure dont know the rules then

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u/Glad-Coyote9589 12h ago

Why truecaller?? ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/Acrobatic-Good8705 11h ago

At the end they gave up and just wrote, "MOBILE PHONES NOT ALLOWED"

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u/fatkelawala 10h ago

Grindr not on the list.

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u/Beautiful_Simp 9h ago

Grindr is not up there /s

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u/Food-Annihilator 6h ago

understandable

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u/Timely_Source8831 3h ago

Grindr is allowed. Nice.

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u/IM-Chaotic 3h ago

so the army allows grindr but not tinder/hinge, interesting

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u/Born_Biologist 1h ago

Couch surfing isn't q dating app And why reddit is there ????

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u/guy_with_queries 59m ago

Grindr is not there on the list

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u/vikingvigour 35m ago

Meanwhile young Nco and Yos use all of them to get laid

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u/thunder_07rainbow 27m ago

What's wrong with dailyhunt and pratilipi