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Chiara Castro

Fears over citizens' privacy as Iran reveals new mandatory antivirus mobile app

Flag of Iran on a computer binary codes falling from the top and fading away.

Iranian authorities revealed a new mobile antivirus software which they plan to make mandatory on all phones, for all citizens.

Named Farez, it's a security scanner system that promises to check all the apps on a device for any sign of malware to block those categorized as malicious.

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