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

Sunday, January 13, 2019

14000 Aadhaar Articles Dated 1st January 2019



In search of e-KYC 2.0: Aadhaar's identity crisis
Livemint
Mr. A, the founder of an e-wallet company, who was not able to get clarity from regulators on the usage of Aadhaar post the Supreme Court's verdict, ...

Big data - Next year will see a big shift in big tech - Economic Times


Police to collect Aadhaar details of accused to speed up trial
Times of India
Coimbatore: Deputy inspector general (DIG) of police G Karthikeyan has directed officers in Coimbatore, Erode, the Nilgiris and Tirupur to collect ...





Job policy for Aadhaar operators demanded
Daily Excelsior
The protest was led by NSUI State President Raqeeq Ahmed Khan who appealed to the Government for creating job policy for aadhaar operators and ...





9 key financial deadlines to keep in mind in 2019
Business Today
Following the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar, it has becomes mandatory for every PAN card holder to link his/her PAN with Aadhaar. On June 30 ...





2018: When the internet cost people their privacy and even their lives
The New Indian Express
Aadhaar gave Indians the scare of massive surveillance and understand the importance of privacy. WhatsApp lynchings gave goosebumps to ...

Coming to terms with data security, or lack thereof, in 2018 - Qrius


Year in rewind: Biggest stories from the world of tech in 2018
DailyO
2018 was a groundbreaking year for the tech industry. Over the course of the past 12 months, we saw some important news stories emerge. Stories ...







Controversies that shook India in 2018
India Today
Originally meant for the poorer sections of society to help them get government subsidy directly in their bank account, the Aadhaar card assumed ...







Header: 2018: A year of landmark judgments
India Today
A Supreme Court bench in September held the constitutional validity of the government's Aadhaar project. However, it set boundaries to the use of ...

From Sabarimala to Section 377, 2018 Was a Year of Landmark Verdicts by Supreme Court - News18

The Supreme Court in 2018: A Year of Convenient Justice - The Quint

Flashback 2018: 5 landmark judgements by Supreme Court in 2018 - MyNation


PDS scam busted: 7 dealers and SIM card seller in police net
Hindustan Times
They did this by generating onetime-passwords (OTPs), using SIM cards issued on fake IDs and Aadhaar cards, police said here. The cops also ...

Jamshedpur Police arrest PDS dealers for allegedly committing fraud in the distribution of food grains - Avenue Mail


Fresh policy, consolidation, 5G-glare in financially-stressed Indian telecom (2018 in Retrospect)
Siliconindia.com
A major development, which impacted operations in the sector, was the Supreme Court's Aadhaar verdict in September as it struck down Section 57 of ...





Year 2018 catapulted the nation towards a digital revolution
Daily News & Analysis
Other noteworthy developments included Supreme Court's verdict with respect to Aadhaar-based KYC and EMF testing of telecom towers at specific ...






Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG Scheme implementation touches 715 Districts
Business Standard
The subsidy is transferred either through Aadhaar Transfer Compliant (ATC) or Bank Transfer Compliant (BTC) mode on the basis of seeding of ...





Readers' comments: Computer surveillance order shows that the Centre wants to monitor our ...
Scroll.in
As usual, the government has invoked national interest as justification for the order. Through Aadhaar, the government has in its possession identity ...





BJP, Congress' stories script a political thriller in 2018
Hindustan Times
By using the socio-economic caste census, geospatial tagging, Aadhaar and direct benefits transfer, the government identified the needy beneficiaries ...





Digest year-ender for domestic stories for month of January, 2018
Outlook India
Jan 3: New Delhi: The Railways has said Aadhaar is not compulsory for booking tickets for rail journey, but it is encouraged by the transport behemoth ...





TMC spreading canards against Centre on govt schemes: BJP
Business Standard
"The TMC is using infiltrators as their vote bank and that is why it has opposed the Aadhaar Card system being made mandatory," he said. (This story ...





Veil off ration racket, 8 in net
Telegraph India
The gang, police said, harvested Aadhaar details from unsuspecting villagers living on the fringes of the steel city, submitted the same to procure SIM ...





Video recording of land registration to resume
Times of India
... protection for buyers and sellers as cases of impersonation by forging photo identity cards including voter ID and Aadhaar card have been reported.





12 Days of Christmas – Day 7 – 2018's Worst Cyber Scandals
Acumin
The reporters paid just 500 rupees (just over £5.60) to receive their login credentials and, after entering any Aadhaar number (the 12-digit unique ...





MHT CET Registration 2019 has started on January 1 at mahacet.org; know how to register and ...
Careers360
Before registration, candidates have to opt for Aadhaar based registration where details are taken in from the UDI database or Non Aadhaar based ...





Airport entry on fake e-tickets rising, authorities eye tech tools for crackdown
Daily News & Analysis
Officials say this method would be optional, as would be the choice of which ID the passenger wants to use, including Aadhaar. Officials are also ...
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