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The government has introduced a major rule that will change how many popular communication apps work in India. This includes WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, SnapChat, ShareChat, JioChat, Arattai and Josh. If you use any of these, things may soon work differently. Here is what it means. What has the government said? The Department of Telecommunications has told these apps that within the next 90 days, they must make sure their services work only when the correct SIM card is in the phone. If you remove that SIM, the app should stop working. This is known as SIM binding. Today, you can verify your WhatsApp or Telegram account once and keep using it even if you remove the SIM, change it or even switch to Wi Fi. The government says this freedom is creating a security problem.