Army asks personnel to delete 89 apps including TikTok, Tinder, & PUBG

Guwahati: The Indian Army has urged its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphones including Facebook, TikTok, Tinder, PUBG, and Instagram to check the leakage of data and personal information, reports said.

Those 89 apps also include globally famous apps such as Snapchat, Tinder, OkCupid, UC Browser, Bumble, ShareIt, Xender, Helo, CamScanner, Club Factory, etc. This has come about days after the Union Government banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, UC News, and CamScanner amid tensions with China at the Ladakh border.

Some of 89 apps are those which the Government had already banned stating "they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, the security of the state and public order."

According to reports, apps that the Indian army personnel have reportedly been asked to delete from their smartphones has been categorized into numerous segments like messaging apps: (We Chat, Helo, Share Chat, Viber, IMO, Hike and others), video hosting (Tik Tok, Likee, Samosa, Kwali, and others), contents sharing (ShareIt, Xender, Zapya, and others), web browsers (UC Browser and UC Browser Mini), video and live streaming (Zoom, LiveMe, Vmate, Uplive and others), utility apps (CamScanner, Beauty Plus, and True Caller), gaming apps (PUBG, Clash of Kings and others), eCommerce apps (Club Factory, AliExpress, Chinabrands, and others), dating apps (Tinder, OkCupid, Badoo, Bumble, Happn, Couch Surfing, and others), news apps (News Dog and Daily Hunt), lifestyle apps (POPXO), music apps (Hungama and Songs.pk) and blogging/microblogging apps (Tumblr, Reddit, and others).

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