AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13832 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 8th August 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

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

13832 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 8th August 2018

Updating your date of birth in Aadhaar card more than once to become difficult

Economic Times

If the date of birth mentioned on your Aadhaar card is wrong, it is not going to be that easy to get it corrected. According to a recent notification by the ...

Updating Date of Birth in Your Aadhaar Card Not so Easy Now - India.com News

No Harm To Be Caused By Aadhaar Helpline Number: UIDAI - Kalinga TV

Disclosure of Aadhaar number doesn't increase one's digital vulnerability, says Trai Chief

Economic Times

Outgoing Trai chairman R S Sharma -- whose open dare to Twitterati on Aadhaar misuse had caused a social media furore -- asserted today that mere ...

Disclosing Aadhaar doesn't increase vulnerability: Trai - Deccan Herald

TRAI chief remains defiant, says sharing of Aadhaar number doesn't increase digital vulnerability - Hindustan Times

Disclosure of Aadhaar number doesn't increase one's digital vulnerability, reiterates TRAI Chief RS ... - India TV

Aadhaar helpline in Android phones: From Google's apology to UIDAI's assurance in 10 points

Livemint

Android phone users were shocked last week by the presence of a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) helpline number in the contact list.

UIDAI says rumour mongers are using Google's 'inadvertent' act against Aadhaar - Business Today

Now, big Aadhaar card boost for Google on data stealing! - Zee Business

Aadhaar number in phones: UIDAI says Google has clarified and now people can shut up about it - India Today

Aadhaar for services: Government admits departments messed it up

Economic Times

BENGALURU: Days before the Aadhaar Act came into force in Karnataka (on August 1), the state government made a series of observations pointing ...

Accept IT returns without Aadhaar: Gujarat HC

Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday directed the income tax department to accept I-T return of an advocate without his linking Aadhaar ...

Gujarat HC allows man to file ITR without Aadhaar - Times of India

HC allows a taxpayer not having Aadhaar to file manual ITR - Ahmedabad Mirror

Aadhaar not must for filing IT returns: Gujarat High Court - Daily News & Analysis

NEXT Biometrics Gets First Aadhaar Orders

findBIOMETRICS

Aadhaar is the largest and most ambitious biometric ID program in the world, and is used across a growing number of applications in India, from ...

NEXT Biometrics makes initial sale of fingerprint readers for India's Aadhaar

Biometric Update

NEXT Biometrics has received initial orders for its Scallop fingerprint readers for use with India's Aadhaar program, and is expanding its operations in ...

Law says Aadhaar data cannot be shared – so police in three states are creating their own databases

Scroll.in

On paper, police departments do not have access to the Aadhaar database. Section 29 of the Aadhaar Act does not permit Aadhaar biometric details ...

Hacker claims he can crack eAadhaar password in under 3 seconds

India Today

Aadhaar has become quite the buzzword these days, and particularly since Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chief RS Sharma caused a ...

Haryana to provide Aadhaar card registration & updation facility at post offices, banks, govt offices ...

United News of India

Chandigarh, Aug 7 (UNI) Haryana Government would provide the facility of registration and updation of Aadhaar Card at post offices, banks, ...

Companies run into Aadhaar issues in EPFO filings

Daily News & Analysis

The debate on whether sharing your Aadhaar number is safe or not may still be on, but you cannot get away from not sharing the 12-digit unique ...

Rules For Correcting Date Of Birth In Aadhaar Made Stringent

Goodreturns

As per a new sub-regulation inserted to the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 which states, "Provided that the date of birth of ...

Dell EMC builds infra for citizen services like Aadhaar in 'Digital India'.

The News Minute

"As a leading hardware vendor, we build IT infrastructure also for the government to provide citizen services like Aadhaar, passports, invoices of ...

No digital risk from Aadhaar data disclosure: TRAI chairman RS Sharma

The New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: After creating a storm by posting his 12-digit Aadhaar number on Twitter and challenging people to harm him, Trai chairman RS Sharma ...

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 13 LIVE UPDATES: Aadhaar, UIDAI controversy raised in Rajya ...

The New Indian Express

Tinamool MP Derek O'Brian during the Zero hour in Rajya Sabha raised the Aadhaar data breach and asked the Union government to protect private ...

Andhra Pradesh is the Hotbed of Aadhaar Data Leaks, And There's No Stopping It

Beebom (blog)

Aadhaar has transformed from being the world's largest biometric universal identity system to a privacy and security nightmare for the government as ...

From Aadhaar to Arvind Kejriwal, Democracy Wall's Pune edition asked it all

ThePrint

From internet shutdowns to the controversy about Aadhaar and a suggestion for Arvind Kejriwal, students in Pune enthusiastically grilled all speakers ...