New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- The Government earlier mandated the Sanchar Saathi app on smartphones to improve cybersecurity and allow citizens to report fraud. With 1.4 crore downloads, the government on Wednesday notified the decision to make pre-installation optional for mobile manufacturers.

The Ministry of Communications, in a statement issued on Wednesday, December 3, noted -

The Government with an intent to provide access to cyber security to all citizens had mandated pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on all smartphones. The app is secure and purely meant to help citizens from bad actors in the cyber world.

It helps in " Jan bhagidari" by all citizens in reporting on such bad actors and actions while protecting users themselves. The...