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The app itself seems to be a reinvention of https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/public-policy/mobile-policy-handbook/consumer-prote
by Arnt 11mo ago
The app itself seems to be a reinvention of
https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/public-policy/mobile-policy-handbook/consumer-protection/mobile-device-theft/ https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-g... which is good I suppose, but why not use the original registry?
- kylehotchkiss 11mo agoAppetite for `Make in India` and favor for homegrown solutions. Indian gov/companies is more capable of delivering a solution better suited for the many local languages. Instead of mandating, they should just try to put some more minds together and make a general purpose India super app to help citizens access gov services that isn't PayTM.
- Arnt 11mo agoI don't see why the languages matter. AFAICT, the major factor here is making a stolen phone useless on as many networks as possible. The point of the GSMA registry is that one shouldn't be able to ship a stolen phone across the border (to Pakistan/Bangladesh/China) and sell it.