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, April 19, 2018

13302 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 18th April 2018





SC red flags threat of Aadhaar data misuse, asks searching questions
Times of India
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing clutch of petitions challenging Aadhaar and enabling 2016 law, referred to the Cambridge Analytica controversy and said these are not "imaginary apprehensions" and, in the absence of robust data protection law, the issue of ...

Google, card lobby want Aadhaar to fail: UIDAI to Supreme Court - Times of India

Aadhaar [Day-29] There Is A Possibility Of Abuse Of Aadhaar Data To Manipulate Elections ... - Live Law

e-Aadhaar can be used as a proof of identity - Livemint


Govt wants to link flight tickets to Aadhaar, privacy activists call it a terrible idea
The News Minute
The Civil Aviation Ministry plans to roll out a project under which domestic passengers can link their Aadhaar to air tickets at the time of booking. This they say would allow passengers to travel to the airport without a valid ID card, as biometric verification will be done at the airport to confirm their identity.







SC: Aadhaar does not exist in an isolated world
Economic Times
The Supreme Court has raised the questions of access and misuse of Aadhaar data. Bringing up Cambridge Analytica case as example, the Supreme Court observed the apprehension are absolutely real including using personal information to rig election. For the latest videos, follow us on twitterFollow ...


Pensions: Aadhaar rule amended
Times of India
In the amended order dated April 16, the sections dealing with mandatory seeding of Aadhaar have been taken off. TOI had carried a report on April 4 based on the order dated March 27 and cited how the LDF government, a fierce opponent of Aadhaar, relied on it as a tool to prevent duplication of ...





Man duped of Rs 1.10L over Aadhaar card linking in Ajmer
Times of India
Ajmer: The Aadhar linking menace has duped not only the illiterate but also the highly educated as was seen in a recent case where the office superintendent of divisional railway manager, Sandeep Chaterjee was conned of over 1 lakh rupees from his three seperate bank accounts. He lodged a ...





Aadhaar Data Leak Can Influence Poll Outcome, Says Supreme Court
NDTV
New Delhi: A leak of Aadhaar data can influence the outcome of an election, the Supreme Court said today, expressing its concerns about the issue amid the huge controversy over the illegal use of Facebook data in the US elections. The court, which last week said there was a chance that Aadhaar data ...





Aadhaar mandatory for taking part in army recruitment rally
Hindustan Times
For the first time, Aadhaar Card has been made mandatory for the registration of candidates for the army recruitment rally, according to the army officials. An army recruitment rally (ARR) will be organised at Kayad Vishram Sthali in Ajmer from May 5 to May 14 this year, said Colonel Arvind Pratap Singh ...





Andhra man claims girl raped in Surat is his daughter, produces her Aadhaar card
Times of India
The Surat police on Tuesday claimed to have hit upon an important lead in identifying the 11-year-old girl who was raped and brutalised and her body dumped behind roadside bushes in Surat's Bhestan area on April 6. In a hurriedly-called presser late, police commissioner Satish Sharma said a man ...

Surat rape case: Andhra Pradesh man turns up with victim's Aadhaar card, says he's father - Ahmedabad Mirror
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