Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Indian government on Wednesday reversed an order that required all new mobile phones to have a tracking app on them, after backlash from the public over privacy concerns.
The app, called Sanchar Saathi, was designed to help prevent theft and phone smuggling, as well as call center fraud. But it also had the ability to make and manage phone calls, send messages, access call and message logs, photos and files, and the phone's camera.
The Indian government had required all new phones to come pre-installed with the app.
When it withdrew the order, the government said it was because "the number of users who have downloaded the app has been increasing rapidly."
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