Govt bans Waze usage among civil servants, but how do they plan to enforce it?
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Malaysia’s ban on Waze for civil servants raises cybersecurity concerns, enforcement questions and doubts over TuJu’s reliability as an alternative.
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CIVIL servants have been instructed to discontinue using navigation app Waze with immediate effect, following a directive issued by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar.
The order follows a meeting of the National Cyber Security Committee (JKSN), chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, which discussed potential cybersecurity threats associated with the application.
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- Oct 21, 2026
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