From what I heard it's pretty close. You don't HAVE to install it but they really push you to do it. And once it is installed it monitors everything. Its original utility is fraud and porn detection, but IMO it has developed into a mass surveillance tool.

Some people bring 2+ phones to shield themselves from this app. The police is just shooting for some KPIs so they don't really care as long as the app gets installed somehow. But maybe in the future all phones will have it pre-installed.

it's just not true, its straight up fake news