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, August 23, 2019

14237 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 22nd August 2019


Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government
Livemint
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Facebook and its unit WhatsApp to transfer to ...

SC stops Madras HC from passing final orders on Aadhaar-social media linking, WhatsApp case
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding Aadhaar-social media linking and traceability on encrypted ...

SC notices on plea to link social media to Aadhaar
Hindustan Times
The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider taking up petitions seeking mandatory Aadhaarverification for social media users in India, a day ...

Linking user profile with Aadhaar: SC to hear FB's plea
Deccan Herald
The Supreme Court, on Monday, allowed hearing to continue in cases related to Facebook-Aadhaar linkage before Madras HC, but said that no final ...

Linking of user profile with Aadhaar: SC agrees to hear Facebook's plea for transfer of cases
Times of India
The bench said the hearing in cases related to linkage of social media use profiles with Aadhaar pending before the Madras High Court will continue ...

Aadhaar-social media linking case: SC to hear Facebook's plea; issues notice to Google, Twitter ...
Firstpost
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea of Facebook Inc for the transfer of cases related to demands for linking of social media profiles ...

Election Commission writes to law ministry, seeks legal powers to collect Aadhaarnumbers for ...
Firstpost
The Election Commission has asked the Centre to give it statutory backing to collect Aadhaar numbers of voters to check multiple entries in electoral ...

India to use Aadhaar biometrics to eliminate middlemen from farmer payments
Biometric Update
The government of India is planning to leverage Aadhaar biometrics in a reformed food procurement system to deliver benefits to farmers without ...

SC allows Madras High Court to hear social media-Aadhaar linkage matter concerning Facebook
Economic Times
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the case on linking Aadhaar to social media entities be continued to be heard in the Madras High Court, but ...

Aadhaar linkage of social media: SC agrees to hear cases
Economic Times
SC agrees to transfer cases pending before 3 different HCs on demands for linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar. The top court has also ...

Aadhaar to ensure farmers, not middlemen, get benefits
Economic Times
Like in any other government scheme, Aadhaar verification will be compulsory for selling produce to government. With this, only genuine farmers will ...

Linking of user profile to Aadhaar: SC to hear Facebook's plea for transfer of cases
Jagran Josh
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plea of Facebook for transfer of cases related to demands for linking of user-profiles with Aadhaar that are ...

Aadhaar-social media linking case: Major developments leading up to Supreme Court's nod to ...
Firstpost
Aadhaar is slowly penetrating into every aspect of Indian life and soon it could be part of your social media profile as well. The Supreme Court on 20 ...

Facebook-Aadhaar linkage cases to proceed, no final order to be passed: SC
Business Standard
The apex court allowed the hearing to continue in cases related to Facebook-Aadhaar linkage before Madras HC, but said that no final order would be ...

Special status gone, Aadhaar card still not valid in state
The Tribune
Aadhaar card, the most preferred proof of identity (PoI) in the country is invalid in Jammu and Kashmir, even after the abrogation of Article 370 in the ...

Linking Aadhaar to Facebook, WhatsApp won't curb fake news, but may undermine its legislation ...
Moneycontrol.com
The Supreme Court's move to look into the petition regarding the linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar has opened a pandora's box. Linkage ...

SC seeks govt response on Aadhaar-social media link
The Tribune
Should social media profiles of individuals be linked to their Aadhaar numbers containing their biometric details? The Supreme Court on Tuesday ...

Social media accounts must be linked with Aadhaar to curb anti-national content: Attorney General ...
Times Now
Supreme Court agrees to hear Facebook's petition to transfer all pleas across India seeking linking of accounts with Aadhaar to the apex court ...

Social media accounts to be linked with Aadhaar? Supreme Court to hear Facebook's plea
News Nation
Earlier, Attorney General KK Venugopal on Monday had told the Supreme Court that social media profiles of users must be linked with Aadhaar to stop ...

Linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts sparks debate; experts offer alternatives
Moneycontrol.com
The recent controversy around linking one's Aadhaar details with social media accounts has raised questions on one's right to privacy, freedom of ...

SC to hear Facebook's plea to transfer cases related to linking social media withAadhaar
Scroll.in
On Monday, the Tamil Nadu government had told the Supreme Court that social media profiles of users need to be linked with Aadhaar to check the ...

SC Blocks Madras HC From Ordering Your Aadhaar Details Be Linked To Your Social Accounts
India Times
The social media company was objecting to the Madras HC hearing a PIL that could have possibly seen Aadhaar details linked to social media ...

Supreme Court Warns Against Aadhaar Linking To Social Media Accounts
Inc42 Media
The original petitions filed in Chennai in July last year demanded linking of social media handles with the Aadhaar database. The Madras HC had 

The Big Story
Times Now
On The Big Story, The Supreme court has transferred all cases regarding a plea which is to link your Aadhaar Card with your social media accounts.

SC Issues Notice To Centre, Others On Facebook Plea On Aadhaar Linking
Yahoo India News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre and others seeking their response on whether to transfer all cases from three ...
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