Not only can it have 24x7 camera access, it can read your texts and call logs.
And with it coming pre-installed on android phones, it may even have root permissions which means that it can do anything on the device.
Note the ability to read and modify storage. This is entirely so the government can plant anything on your phone and arrest you later. Perfect solution to curb any political dissent since most courts in India are controlled by the RSS now and you won’t even get a trial for years.
They have made it “deletable” officially but if it has root access then it won’t go away. It still comes pre-installed and the tech illiterate population won’t do shit against this.
…and…people will certainly figure out a way around it as always…I hope (:
Sure, but raising the bar for privacy means that most people will not bother to find a workaround. Your repression doesn’t need to perfect, it just needs to bigger and better than what you had before.