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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ordered a ban on the navigation app for civil servants while on official duty over security concerns.

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00:00If you use Waze, there is a problem that is the law that determines the law of Israel.
00:08There is no law of other law.
00:10That's the reason why I want to make it a little spontane.
00:14I don't know if I want to survive one day.
00:17There are people who say that you should be careful,
00:19you should be careful.
00:20I say that it's stupid.
00:22Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has defended the government's decision
00:26to ban civil servants from using Waze while on official duty,
00:30stressing that national security must take precedence.
00:34Speaking after Friday prayers, Anwar said the government may also consider a complete ban
00:39if locally developed navigation apps are found to be adequate.
00:44He explained that alternative apps would first be assessed before any decision is made
00:49to discontinue Waze entirely.
00:51Anwar previously urged Malaysians to switch to local alternatives such as Tujo,
00:57although users have complained about unreliable navigation,
01:01missing real-time incident data, and technical glitches.
01:05DAP youth called for the ban to be reviewed,
01:09citing a lack of publicly available evidence that Waze posed a national security threat.
01:15Anwar added that Digital Minister Gobind Singh Dio and Transport Minister Lok Siu Fouk
01:20had agreed with the government's position at a cabinet meeting.
01:24Meanwhile, Waze denied collecting sensitive government information
01:28or allowing any party to exploit users' personal data.
01:32Roman Dawi Kapari, FMT.
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