In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.
On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.
In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.
In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.
In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.
"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi
Ram Krishnaswamy
Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Thursday, July 19, 2018

13776 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 18th July 2018



NDTV
TRAI Chairman RS Sharma has said that apps should collect minimal data just as UIDAI does to give 12-digit Aadhaar numbers to people. Some apps ...






Financial Express
Virtual ID system and UID token are different forms of Aadhaar number, and those should be deemed as the 12-digit biometric number for identity ...




Biometric Update
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has opened up Aadhaar auditing to allow banks and telecommunications providers to use any ...






Moneycontrol.com
The government's mandatory rule of asking every Indian citizen to enroll for Aadhaar scheme came as a boon to one family in Maharashtra.






The Telegraph India
Months later, Suman, a Miami-based economics professor and filmmaker, is happy to share the deets of his first Hindi film Aadhaar, starring Vineet ...






UdaipurTimes
Out of these, it seems like only 6.2 crore were linked to Aadhaar cards. This is quite shocking since the Government has made the Pan and Aadhaar ...




Beebom (blog)
Not a month passes by that we don't hear reports about an abusive use of Aadhaar, breach of database security, massive data leaks by government ...




LatestLY
It said 60 ATM (SBI) cards, 199 letters of thanks issued by the Allahabad Bank for opening accounts and 1,125 Aadhaar cards were also recovered ...




Swarajya
Around 30,000 Pakistani refugees, mostly Hindus have been granted Long Term Visas (LTVs) since 2011, the Economic Times has reported. They will ...





Quartz
He booked an appointment through a government-run app and turned up with his Aadhaar number, a unique identity provided by the government of ...






Times of India
Professor of economics and filmmaker Suman Ghosh, who lives in Florida, is back in the city for his debut Hindi film titled Aadhaar. It stars Vineet ...






Greater Kashmir
The ADC, who was speaking in a meeting convened here, also directed the departments to immediately submit details of Aadhaar registration of ...






Siliconindia.com
The system supports card-based and card less transactions using the customer's biometric (Aadhaar -- India's national ID) throughout the process.






HERE. NOW
There are two steps in this process: One, “seeding”, or linking Aadhaar numbers with the names of all beneficiaries, and two, compulsory ...






Deccan Herald
Aadhaar will become a must for citizens who want to avail guaranteed on-time government services from the comfort of their home under the flagship ...






The New Indian Express
The faculty members also alleged that even after terminating them, the principal used 'our Aadhaar numbers, our certificates and our personal details' ...






Times of India
The minister said that as many as 98 percent of the ration holders have linked Aadhaar to their ration card. He however added that the government will ...






Hindustan Times
Following the linking of ration cards to Aadhaar and the introduction of the biometric system in all 52,000 ration shops, the government introduced ...






The Indian Express
While he has a bank account and aadhaar information linked to it to avail all government schemes, he has not been informed about the DBT scheme ...






E-Pao.net
Intending players from each respective district should bring their full kits, Medical Book, Aadhaar card copy and 3 passport size photograph while ...






Daily Pioneer
Apart from that having an Aadhaar Card is mandatory if you decide to avail the scheme. Also, you have to be at least 21 years old in order to apply for ...






Firstpost
Or is it that they don't want it to affect Aadhaar and Justice Srikrishna does? Is there a point to the Srikrishna Committee, since the bill may never get ...