# Reuters: India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Google and Samsung protest

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/reuters-india-weighs-greater-phone-location-surveillance-apple-google-and-samsung-protest/33578
**Category:** News
**Tags:** article
**Created:** 2025-12-05T09:08:42Z
**Posts:** 5

## Post 1 by @Encounter5729 — 2025-12-05T09:08:42Z

[https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/india-weighs-greater-phone-location-surveillance-apple-google-samsung-protest-2025-12-05/](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/india-weighs-greater-phone-location-surveillance-apple-google-samsung-protest-2025-12-05/)

> NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - India’s government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance, a move opposed by Apple, Google and Samsung due to privacy concerns, according to documents, emails and five sources.

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## Post 2 by @anon39279085 — 2025-12-05T10:12:10Z

Ironic that Samsung and Google are protesting this when they do their own surveillance

Like credit where credit is due but irony man

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## Post 3 by @yes — 2025-12-06T00:22:25Z

It’s not surveillance when they do it :smiley:

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## Post 4 by @TinFoilHat — 2025-12-06T11:09:59Z

It seems India could become a good friend of North Korea :+1:

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## Post 5 by @anon57862721 — 2025-12-06T11:24:39Z

China and Russia first before NK.