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Google had explained that it had inadvertently coded the UIDAI’s number in Android phones.

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If the fact that certain smartphones in India has UIDAI’s number auto-saved isn’t shocking enough, Google’s explanation for the same will definitely floor you.

Internal review revealed that in 2014, the then UIDAI helpline number and the 112 distress helpline number were inadvertently coded into the SetUp wizard of the Android release given to OEMs for use in India and has remained there since.
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