Its business model is all about collecting numbers. By design, by default, Truecaller is a pervasive app. It has built in some privacy checks - you can delist your number, if you find it in the Truecaller database - but these steps are after thoughts. The problem is with the default behaviour of Truecaller. It has become a phone directory for the 21st century The problem with Truecaller is that it leaks phone numbers, brings them into public. India as a DNA of Truecaller might be great for the Swedish company but it is bad for Indians. That number was supposed to be for their eyes only but now it is up there in the Truecaller database, which by the way can be - and has been - hacked.
These people are there because they trusted their inconsiderate friends with their numbers. But the interesting bit is that the users, who is in the database of Truecaller, is not there because he or she wanted to be a part of it. And if you have a name, even then you can search the database and get some details of that user, along with option to seek full number from the user. If you have a number, you can easily find out the name and address (at least city specific) of the person who uses that number from the Truecaller search. But it does put them up their in the Truecaller database for some degree of public use without seeking any permission from the people whose numbers it has. Update: A lot of people have commented saying that the app doesn't leak the numbers out in public. The love of India is forever branded within the DNA of Truecaller," the company recently noted. In a land far away from our headquarters in Sweden, but close to our hearts, India alone has now surpassed 100 million Truecaller users. "With happy heart, we rejoice over having accomplished a large feat in our Truecaller history. This is almost half of the total user base that the app has in the world. There are more than 130 million smartphone users in India who have Truecaller installed on their phones. And that is a big problem, my fellow Indian smartphone users.Īlso Read: Want some privacy? Go invisible on WhatsApp Finding someone's number, someone who might not be an acquaintance, and then cold calling him or her has become a more important functionality of the app. Stopping spam calls is not really the core functionality of Truecaller. But in doing so it actually makes spamming people easier, even if you may not realise it. So Truecaller attempts to stop people from spamming you.
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