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, August 9, 2017

11730 - Aadhaar Articles Dayed 7th August 2017



How To Link Aadhaar With Your SBI Account
NDTV
Any account opened after 1 June would have 6 months to be linked to Aadhaar, failing which, access to the account would be blocked.





IIT Postgraduate Held For Allegedly Accessing Aadhaar Server Without Permission
NDTV
Bengaluru: A postgraduate student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has been arrested for allegedly accessing the server of Aadhaar ...
Hacker Shows Bengaluru Police How He Managed To Access Aadhaar Data - Huffington Post India
Aadhaar breach: Here's how Abhinav Srivastava hacked into UIDAI server - Times Now
Aadhaar data can be stolen easily, techie arrested for theft holds demonstration - The Northlines


Aadhaar theft: IIT graduate had done meticulous search of Indian and Chinese govt sites
The News Minute
The 31-year-old techie, Abhinav Srivastava, who has been arrested for allegedly illegally accessing Aadhaar data had initially told the police that he ...
Aadhaar data theft: Techie looked into airport, Chinese govt sites but left no trail - Times of India


Aadhaar data reunites missing teens with families - Here's how
Zee News
The Aadhaar enrolment drive initiated by the Union government is indeed fruitful! Three disabled teenagers on Saturday reunited with their families ...





11 Lakh PANs Deactivated By Government. Is Your PAN Active? How To Find Out
NDTV
It is paramount to check your PAN status and link the same with the biometrics-based identity number Aadhaar before the deadline set by government, ...
NRIs do not need an Aadhaar number - Khaleej Times


Rhodes scholar to Carnatic singer, meet 4 young lawyers in privacy fight
The Indian Express
Prasanna believes that technology ruling lives can only be deemed as fair if it is “proveably so and nothing in Aadhaar has been able to convince me ...





Dell EMC eyes Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile to increase market share
Financial Express
The government's JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, mobile) trinity isn't just bringing about a revolution in the lives of citizens at the bottom of the pyramid by ...





Banks suggest Govt to introduce Soul Identification Number so that they can collect dues from the ...
Firstpost (satire)
Bengaluru: Worried with the high levels of non-performing assets in their books, Banks are suggesting Government to go one step above Aadhaar and ...





Fake ID apps under scanner
The Asian Age
The TC, making his enquiries, located the mobile apps that the accused had used to make fake ID cards, including Aadhaar and PAN card, easily.





Oil Ministry to ensure needy not denied fuel subsidy
Economic Times
Implementation of direct cash transfer for cooking gas beneficiaries has given the government access to Aadhaar, or the unique identity number, ...





Series of chain snatching cases cracked, Delhi-based men held
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Five Delhi-based men who managed to purchase a second-hand motorbike in the city with their Aadhaar card and driving licence, were ...





Bangladeshi man who gave refuge to jihadis held in UP
Times of India
More than a dozen fake government IDs, Aadhaar cards and seals of village pradhans, village development officers and tehsildars were recovered ...
Suspected Bangladeshi terrorist living in UP since 2011 arrested by ATS - Business Standard
Watch: UP ATS arrests Bangladesh-linked terror suspect from Muzaffarnagar - Economic Times
UP cops arrest suspected Bangladeshi terrorist from Muzaffarnagar - The New Indian Express


87 lakh farmers in Uttar Pradesh to gain from loan waiver this month itself
Economic Times
UP agriculture minister SP Shahi said the Aadhaar number of the farmers will be verified. District officials have been asked to check records in case a ...





How governments manipulate India's Constitution
DailyO
Recently, the Aadhaar Act, 2016 was passed off as a Money Bill to disempower the Rajya Sabha to make amendments. The example is a telling one ...





The 'statutory' requirement problems of income tax returns
Livemint
Very senior citizens and foreign citizens have been unable to file their returns in the absence of an Aadhaar number, though there is a specific ...





Weavers' Service Centres to offer host of government services: Smriti Irani
The Asian Age
New Delhi: The government on Sunday said weavers will be able to avail a wide range of government services like Aadhaar and PAN card from ...





11 Lakh PAN /Permanent Account Numbers Deactivated By Government: Check the Steps to know ...
The Observer 24/7
It is mandatory to link your PAN and Aadhaar number, the deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar number is August 31st 2017. Government is working hard ...





Hyderabad police approach RBI to curb bank account frauds
Telangana Today
The police are also contemplating a proposal, suggesting linkage of voter ID cards to Aadhaar cards, so that fake ID cards can be detected easily and ...





Tata Communications to hire 400 people to combat cyber crime and data theft
Economic Times
It is now being taken seriously with all the discussions happening around Aadhaar, privacy and right to data, ownership of data," said Srinivasan.





Supreme Court judges ponder over rights to property, vote
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judges, debating whether or not citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, have wondered aloud about the status of ...





Kerala bats for right to privacy
The Hindu
... of petitioners that technology would progress so much that data collected through Aadhaar could be used for surveillance, if not now, in the future.
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