Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday, 13 February 2022

Dear Ashwini Vaishnawji : How Many Apps will you Ban ?

 


 

Context :

Govt issues order to ban 54 Chinese apps /  ET  /  14 Feb 2022

 

Extract :

 

The union government has issued fresh orders to ban over 54 Chinese apps, terming them a threat to privacy and security of Indians, officials aware of the development told us.

New avatars: 

Many of these apps belong to large Chinese tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and gaming firm NetEase, and are “rebranded or rechristened avatars” of apps that have been banned in India since 2020.

The ministry of electronics and IT issued the latest ban order on the grounds that these apps were transferring sensitive data of Indians to servers in foreign countries such as China.

 

It has also directed top app stores including Google’s Play Store to block these applications. “The 54 apps have already been blocked in India on the Play Store,” an official said.

 

Meity used its powers under the Section 69a of the Information Technology Act, 2000 to enforce the order.


224 apps banned: 

Since June 2020, the government has banned a total of around 224 Chinese apps.

The first round of bans covered 59 apps including popular applications such as TikTok, Shareit, WeChat, Helo, Likee, UC News, Bigo Live, UC Browser, ES File Explorer, and Mi Community.

 

In November, another 43 Chinese apps were banned, including Snack Video, AliExpress and AliPay Cashier.

 

In September, the government banned another 118 apps.

 

 

MY  TAKE  :

 

Sundar Pichai : Google don’t need Cookies …………………..[ 06 Feb 2022 ]

 

Extract :

 

ON WEBSITES :

98 % …. Websites have at least one tracker embedded

21 ……….Third Party Trackers are embedded in a website on an average. Out of

              these, 8 are Third Party Cookies

         

98 %.......Websites’ embedded 3rd parties were involved in Advertising & Tracking



REMARKS :

      Ø  The number of Android apps accessing camera and microphone permissions in

          smartphones, has increased from 45 % to 68 % and 28 % to 54 % , in the

          last 5 years, revealed a study by data security and privacy firm ARRKA

          

           

      Ø  It comprised 201 mobile apps and websites and included 100 Indian

          Organizations, across 25 industries

      Ø  The firm has been tracking these for the last 5 years and found that :

#  Google is the SINGLE LARGEST third party with whom data is being

    shared,

#  followed by Facebook


      Ø   Google’s trackers are present in 97 % websites and Facebook’s trackers in

           55 % websites

Ø    Around 42 % Android Apps share data with Google and 25 % with Facebook

 

 

Replace Locally : Displace Globally ……………………………….. [ 02 July 2020 ]

 

Extract :

 

Let us think BIG . Let us expand our HORIZON

 

Even as we go about developing / launching India-made Apps to REPLACE those Chinese Apps, locally, our goal should be to DISPLACE them, globally  !

 

 

That thought made me send following email yesterday :

  

===================================================

 

" MADE  IN  INDIA  " APPS

 

 

Sent : Thu 02-Jul-20 10:51 AM

 

To :   'rsprasad.bjp@gmail.com'; 'ravis@sansad.nic.in'; 'moc-office@gov.in'; 'ravishankarprasad@gov.in'

 

cc :   nandan@nandannilekani.in; nandan_mn@infosys.com; 'delhi@nasscom.in'; 'debjani@nasscom.in'

 

 

Dear Shri Prasadji,


Most of those 59 Chinese Apps you banned, are in respect of :

      Ø  Video –based Entertainment

      Ø  Social Get-together

      Ø  Messaging – Chatting – Status Posting …etc

 

I am not aware if any of these are in the nature of,

 

      Ø  Providing online “ Govt Services “ to citizen ( like UMANG )

      Ø  Help people get JOB-ALERTS / APPLY ONLINE from their mobiles

      Ø  Attend to Citizen Complaints and give feedback on progress of “ Complaint

          Solution

      Ø  Simplify Social-Economic-Political processes……..etc

 

Ï urge you to take a look at the ( proposed ) APPS listed below- then advise the Indian Startups re the priorities :


An App for Everything ?                                      [  18  Aug  2017  ]

 

 

Without doubt, when launched, many of these will get adopted by developing

 countries around the World – countries which are facing problems very similar to

 our own

 

 

Here is our opportunity to replace those “ Non-utilitarian Chinese Apps “, not

 only in Indiabut in 80 % of the countries of the World

 

 

 

With Regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  14 Feb 2022

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