AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13452 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 4th May 2018

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

Friday, May 4, 2018

13452 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 4th May 2018

Aadhaar Bill a money bill: AG says Speaker's decision final

Times of India

Why should the President be deprived of giving his suggestions by marking Aadhaar as a money bill?” he had asked. Attorney general K K Venugopal met these arguments by citing Article 110(1), which deals with use of Consolidated Fund money, which was utilised to create Aadhaar identity for every ...

Aadhaar Hearing: Attorney General argues that Aadhaar is fundamentally a money bill to which ... - Firstpost

Bill Gates Endorses Aadhaar Scheme, Says It Does Not Pose Any Threat To Privacy - India Times

Hacked Aadhaar Enrollment Software Available For Rs 500; Bill Gates Says Aadhaar Is Safe! - Trak.in (blog)

Aadhaar Technology Is Worth Emulating: Bill Gates

Inc42 Media

While Aadhaar hearing at Supreme Court enters its fourth month and the country is busy analysing the data breach speculations, the Microsoft Chief Bill Gates has termed Aadhaar technology to be worth emulating for other countries. As per reports, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the ...

Bill Gates endorses Aadhaar scheme; says it doesn't pose privacy issues - Business Today

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Gates - Deccan Herald

Bill Gates Praises Aadhaar, Says "It Doesn't Pose Any Privacy Issue" - NDTV

Centre defends in SC its decision on Aadhaar linking with mobiles

Times of India

A five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing a clutch of petitions challenging Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law, was told by Attorney General KK Venugopal that it was the specific direction of the apex court to the Centre to verify all SIM cards users within a year.

Aadhaar: Centre quotes SC order on seeding of mobile SIMs - The Hindu

Aadhaar-SIM notification temporary, government tells SC - Economic Times

Centre defends SC move to link Aadhaar with mobiles - Deccan Herald

ET View: EPFO must come out with full facts on data leak

Economic Times

The leak appears to be linked to the compromise of the trusted interconnection channel which connects the EPFO server with UIDAI system, used for seeding and authentication of Aadhaar for its users. Understandably, citizens are jittery about yet another case of data leak, linked to Aadhaar system.

Aadhaar Operators Who Violate Processes Face R - NDTV

UIDAI denies reports of Aadhaar Enrolment Software being tampered - MediaNama.com

UIDAI rubbishes reports of Aadhaar enrollment software breach, claims to have necessary ... - Firstpost

Linking Aadhaar With SIM Cards Might Soon Become A Licensing Condition

Inc42 Media

Soon after the government asked telecom operators to accept KYC (Know Your Customer) documents other than Aadhaar for SIM verification, attorney-general KK Venugopal informed the Supreme Court that this was just a temporary measure and therefore, soon Aadhaar verification will be made ...

Another Aadhaar Security Breach; Even Biometric Data Can be Misused

NewsClick

Another Aadhaar Security Breach; Even Biometric Data Can be Misused. Prabir Purkayastha, talks about how this is possible, and how the ... The design of the enrolment software for Aadhaar makes hacking and identity theft a much easier task. President of Free Software Movement of India, Prabir ...

Nearest Aadhaar Centre: How To Locate Aadhaar Updation, Enrolment Kendras

NDTV

Do you need to visit an 'Aadhaar Kendra' (Aadhaar Centre)? An Aadhaar centre can be visited for a number of tasks. These Aadhaar card-related tasks can range from enrolment to tracking the status of enrolment application to any change in the data fed into an existing Aadhaar card. For example, let's ...

EPFO Suspends Aadhaar-Seeding Portal After Reports Of Data Leak Of 2 Crore Members

The Logical Indian

The Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), a government-run body, was the latest target of cyber hackers. Personal data from one of the Aadhaar-seeding portals of the EPFO was stolen by hackers in March this year and the details of over 2 crore members of EPFO who had linked their PF ...