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

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

13950 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 8th November 2018



findBIOMETRICS
“The situation is only the latest illustration of the haphazard character of Aadhaar's rapid evolution over the last few years, with government agencies ...






Business Today
Over 300 civil society organisations and individuals have announced a campaign to prohibit the mandatory and compulsory use of Aadhaar and ...






Business Today
With the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) refusing to postpone the November 5 deadline for telcos to stop using Aadhaar-based ...






The News Minute
The controversial PIL has sought the linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, to force social media giants to cooperate in cybercrime ...





The Hindu
With five States set to go to the polls this month, the Right to Food Campaign has decided to raise the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar for availing ...






Deccan Herald
An email stating that vehicle registration numbers will be linked to Aadhaar and the registration would be cancelled if they are not linked, has sent ...






Business Standard
"The total numbers of people negatively affected by the mandatory use of Aadhaar runs into the hundreds of thousands and it is therefore not a small ...






Scroll.in
Even as the government grapples with the restrictions placed by the Supreme Court on Aadhaar in its September 26 judgement, the Election ...






Financial Express
Across India, there are 12-15 lakh Ola/Uber drivers, who have taken loans amounting to Rs 32,000 crore and these small-ticket loans at risk, too, ...






HuffPost India
BENGALURU, Karnataka — A few weeks ago, European security company Gemalto published a report saying that there have been over a billion ...








Hindustan Times
Fresh protests marred the one-day special pilgrimage in Sabarimala temple in Kerala's Pathanamthitta on Tuesday after a woman was heckled by ...





Scroll.in
The Election Commission of India has said it does not have details, “in any physical form”, of the number of voter identity cards linked to Aadhaar or the ...






MediaNama.com
State Bank of India , which has begun shutting down its SBI Buddy mobile service, said that its YONO (You Only Need One) app accounted for 38% of ...






The Indian Express
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar, the Telecom Department had issued detailed instructions to telcos on stopping the use of ...






MediaNama.com
Repeating his stunt from September last year, Prasad waved his Aadhaar card yet again, as the audience clapped. “What does it (Aadhaar Card) ...






Livemint
Nilekani also pointed to Aadhaar, India's biometric national ID system, as an opportunity for companies like Infosys as well as a tool of empowerment ...






Harvard Business Review
Nilekani led the initiative that produced such a system, Aadhaar, which has enrolled 1.2 billion citizens. Aadhaar has become the foundation for an ...






The Indian Express
... High Court, gave away his OTP after a caller asked him for his debit card details on the pretext of linking his Aadhaar card to his bank account.






Times of India
“After verification of data from branches of nationalized banks in these two taluks, farmers will be asked to submit details about their land, Aadhaar and ...






Scroll.in
ECI says it has no details 'in physical form' of how many voter IDs were linked to Aadhaar: Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat had earlier said 32 ...






The Daily Dot
The teen attempted to cover his tracks by creating a fake Aadhaar identity card, a unique identifier based on one's biometric and demographic data, ...






The Hindu
The data from banks will be verified and farmers will be asked to visit the banks to provide Aadhaar, ration card, and land-related documents,” the ...




The Shillong Times
Koushik Roy lodged a complaint stating that on November 2, unknown miscreants stole his bag containing three Aadhaar cards and Rs 80,000 cash ...






The Hindu
... a fake PAN card in the name of Thomas Joseph with Mr. Muralidharan's photograph on it, and also found that Mr. Palli had a fake Aadhaar number.