Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s app was leaking user data to a third-party US company without users’ consent.
Latest News : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s app was leaking data to a third-party US company. In a post on Twitter, Gandhi claimed that the prime minister was allowing ‘American companies’ to take away the data of users who signed up for his application.
Rahul Gandhi’s allegations come after the data leak scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and the many reports of Aadhaar data of Indians being at a risk of compromise. Now, Modi app also seems to be in the eye of a storm, and a new flashpoint in the war between the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
“Hi! My name is Narendra Modi. I am India’s Prime Minister. When you sign up for my official App, I give all your data to my friends in American companies,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
To this, the BJP countered the charge by saying that Gandhi and his party had zero knowledge of technology. “The Narendra Modi App is a unique app, which unlike most apps, gives access to users in ‘guest mode’ without even any permission or data… The app does not ask for blanket permissions when the app is started,” said a BJP source. Sources said the permissions required are all “contextual and cause-specific”. For example, a selfie campaign requires access to the camera and/or photo gallery.
“Contact access is required to connect with friends or fellow party workers on the New India connect module. If a person has entered his email address and date of birth, he receives a personalised birthday greeting from the prime minister. Each function asks for specific permissions when access is required,” a source said.
Sources held that the data is being used for analytics using third party service, similar to Google Analytics.
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