These are the apps that every Indian phone has—the ones that let you book a cab, order takeout, and discover a potential date. harmless, commonplace, and unremarkable to billions of people worldwide.
These apps have the capacity to provide politicians in India with all the information they could ask for about you, whether you want them to or not.
Political strategist Rutwik Joshi, who is assisting at least a dozen lawmakers running for reelection this election, claims that information about a person’s mother tongue, religion, and “the way you draft a message to your friend on social media” has become points of interest for politicians.
Additionally, India’s mix of high smartphone adoption rates and loose laws that permit private businesses to sell
