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

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

10862 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 25th Feb 2017



Probe against 3 firms for illegal use of Aadhaar biometrics
Times of India
NEW DELHI: In a first, three firms are being probed for attempting unauthorised authentication and impersonation by using stored Aadhaar biometrics ...
Aadhaar data breach triggers privacy concerns - Livemint
Gov't Pursues Police Investigation Over Aadhaar Misuse - findBIOMETRICS
Aadhaar's governing body files complaint against three firms for illegal authentication of data - Scroll.in


Microsoft Embraces Aadhaar in India Expansion
findBIOMETRICS
Microsoft is deepening its presence in India's IT infrastructure with a new Aadhaar-ready version of its Skype video call service and other collaborative ...
Future Decoded: A recap of announcements with photos, videos, and our commentary - OnMSFT (blog)


Telangana plans own Aadhaar Act
Deccan Chronicle
The state government has decided to introduce stringent norms over the Central Act to make Aadhaar usage foolproof, encourage Aadhaar-based ...





India Post to enable Aadhaar money transfers
NFC World
India Post is to allow consumers to send and receive money using only their Aadhaar number from September 2017, when the government-operated ...
Now, pension through post offices in HP - The Tribune


Poonch village struggles as rare disorder, disability come in way of Aadhaar cards
The Indian Express
AS AADHAAR gets linked to a growing number of government schemes, the largest village of J&K's border district Poonch is facing a problem. A rare ...





Loan approvals done in 7 minutes, not 7 days
Economic Times
Formerly SKS Microfinance, Bharat Financial chose Deogaon, a village 70 km from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, to harness the benefits of Aadhaar for ...





Properties of five more sectors to be linked with Aadhaar
The Tribune
After Sector 16, the Estate Office has started process to link land records of five more sectors with Aadhaar numbers. The sectors where the work of ...





BJP worried by elusive Aadhaar Card
Eastern Mirror
Dimapur, Feb. 23: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha of Kohima has asked the department in concern as to why Aadhaar Cards cannot be obtained ...





Now, AadhaarBank coming? After NPCI's AadhaarPay, IndiaPost taking this further
Financial Express
That's what UPI from National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) fixed since, once your Aadhaar number was linked to a bank account, neither the ...





“Never has and never will store biometric data”: eMudhra on UIDAI complaint
MediaNama.com
Storing biometric data is against the rules of the Aadhaar Act and can attract an imprisonment of up to three years. The publication added that UIDAI ...





Centre gears up to expand direct transfers to all 536 schemes
Hindu Business Line
“The objective is that service providers as well as service receivers in all these schemes should be identified by Aadhaar and paid through DBT,” said ...





Universal Basic Income only after withdrawal of existing schemes: Arvind Subramanian
Livemint
Arvind Subramanian says a pre-requisite for Universal Basic Income is a functional Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile system that ensures cash transfers ...
Post-demonetisation, focus now on flow of black money: Arvind Subramanian - Business Standard


DCB puts digital identification on the banking map!
Stuff
You walk in, share your Aadhaar card details, ask for the service and snap! The biometrics automagically retrieves your details from the Aadhaar ...





India Inc Needs To Fix Its Numerous and Basic Information Security Flaws Quickly
The Wire
On February 18, programmer Srinivas Kodali posted a series of tweets that an undisclosed site was displaying Aadhaar numbers of children, ...





NPCI pilots APBS and UPI tools to digitize microfinance industry
Financial Express
A simple innovative use of the Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS) and USSD-based *99# infrastructure has made this possible. The customers' ...





Get OPD booking, other facilities at govt hospitals through web portal
New Kerala
An Online Registration System (ORS) links various hospitals across the country for Aadhaar-based online registration and appointment system, where ...





Bus ride aggregator Shuttl partners with Google Maps for better commute search
ETtech.com
It also partnered with personal verification agency OnGrid in November to provide Aadhaar-enabled verification for the drivers connected to its ...





Union Minister launches Digidhan Mela
The Hindu
Mr. Meghwal advised the people get corrected mistakes if any rolled down in the print of their Aadhaar cards as they would be linked up with bank ...





Friday Morning News Brief, February 24
Times of India (blog)
In a first, three firms are being probed for attempting unauthorised authentication by using stored Aadhaar biometrics. Terming it a clear violation of law ...





Airtel Payments Bank (Charges, Interest, Account Opening) & More Info
Chandigarh Metro (blog)
One who is having the Aadhaar card can open their saving account in the Airtel Payments Bank. No other document is required accept the Aadhaar ...
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