In India this week, a government smartphone app called Sanchar Saathi sparked a big debate around government access to peoples’ phones. A leaked government directive would require smartphone companies to pre-install the state-owned app on all newly sold devices. While the government has signalled it would back down on the edict, digital rights groups are raising the alarm. The World’s Host Marco Werman learns more from Prateek Waghre, a tech policy researcher based in Bengaluru, India.