Not apt: PMO push for NaMo app raises questions

The app harvests an enormous amount of data upon registration - far more than is commonly requested by most apps

The recent official request from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that 1.5 million National Cadet Corps members should download and install the NaMo app on their smartphones is problematic at multiple levels. The NaMo app is not a government-owned resource; it is owned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his personal capacity. It connects to a domain, which is also owned by Mr Modi in his personal capacity. The registered address of the owner of both, the app and the domain, is the Bharatiya Janata Party office in New Delhi. Since the app is a private resource owned by a