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, May 6, 2020

14461 - 6TH MAY 2020 - DAILY UPDATES,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 6 May 2020

Daily usage of Aadhaar-enabled payment system doubles to 11.3 million in lockdown
Hindustan Times
AePS is a payment service that uses a customer's Aadhaar identity to access his or her bank account and perform basic banking transactions such as ...

Here are 4 methods to help you link Aadhaar with your SBI bank account
Times Now
If you are struggling with linking your ID proof like Aadhaar with your SBI bank account, using any of these four methods would solve your problem just ...

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee says India should have used Aadhaar to give temporary ration to ...
Business Insider India
“I think nationalisation of the Aadhaar would have been great now, especially for migrants,” said Banerjee. He believes that India could have also ...

India's lockdown pushes demand for mobile banks & Aadhaar-based withdrawals
The Mobile Indian
"Those people without a debit card can use their Aadhaar or bank account number, along with their biometric (finger or Iris scanner) and use AEPS to ...

Elliot Alderson, hacker who 'exposed' flaws in Aadhaar, raises alarm over privacy issues in ...
Moneycontrol.com
Elliot Alderson, hacker who 'exposed' flaws in Aadhaar, raises alarm over privacy issues in Aarogya Setu app. The cyber security expert and hacker said ...

Sebi eases KYC norms, standardises process for online verification of documents
Livemint
Aadhaar can be done through the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) authentication and verification mechanism. Permanent account ...

Chennai Corporation leaks more than 30k people's personal data, including Aadhaar; patches issue
MediaNama.com
The Greater Chennai Corporation's website leaked over 30,000 people's personal information through e-passes, security researcher Robert Baptiste ...

Standardized digital KYC process beats lockdown woes of investors
Livemint
Aadhaar eSign: This is a government-prescribed method of digitally signing a document using Aadhaar. Legally, it is considered equivalent to that of wet ...

The Mandatory Imposition of the Aarogya Setu App Has No Legal or Constitutional Basis
The Wire
To those who have followed the many twists and turns of the Aadhaar story, this metamorphosis from “voluntary” to “voluntary-mandatory” to ...

Have Daily Wage Earners Been Betrayed By Biometric Authentication?
NewsClick
The linkage of Aadhaar to welfare entitlements was upheld by the Supreme Court in the challenge to the Aadhaar Act and project in Puttuswamy v Union ...

QBiz: Remote Workers' Demand Increase; ATM Transactions Double
The Quint
With the lockdown hampering bank visits and use of ATMs, the Aadhaar-enabled payment system (AEPS) has received a fillip. The finance ministry's ...

Video KYC – How will it benefit the end-users?
BW Businessworld
Until the Supreme Court struck it down, Aadhaar-based e-KYC (Know Your Customer) was a great enabler that helped last-mile financial service ...

Amazon Pay Later | How to register and avail this service
Moneycontrol.com
Enter your complete Aadhaar number and click continue. You will receive a one-time password (OTP) on your mobile number registered to your ...
UIDAI to pay CBSL for Apr
Times of India
Bengaluru: Aadhaar issuing body UIDAI said it has agreed in principle to make payments to Conneqt Business Solutions Ltd (CBSL), formerly Tata ...

Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: This state has launched online portal for liquor sale, to start home delivery
Business Today
The customers will have to register their mobile number, Aadhaar number and address for placing the order online which will be confirmed through an ...

Why millions defied the lockdown: Stranded or marching, migrants have exposed our ignorance of ...
Economic Times (blog)
The Aadhaar Plus database will also help build a 'vulnerability index' that could, eventually, replace all other poverty measurements. Policy makers will ...

Maharashtra: Saffron card holders from other districts denied ration
Times of India
... for food and civil supplies Chhagan Bhujbal that those having saffron ration cards must be given ration even if their Aadhaar cards are not linked.

Umang app now lets users donate to PM-Cares fund
Times of India
It provides over 600+ services including Aadhaar, DigiLocker, and PayGov, passport, gas refill, etc. Now, the government has announced a new ...

Over 10K labourers identified in Kovai dist
The New Indian Express
Revenue officials have collected their information, including Aadhaar and contact numbers and even bank account details. Of the 4,181 persons, ...

Over 10000 migrant labourers identified in Kovai district for transportation purposes
The New Indian Express
Revenue officials have collected their information, including Aadhaar and contact numbers and even bank account details.

Rumour sends guest workers rushing to cops for help to return home
Times of India
... photocopies of their Aadhaar hoping that would facilitate their departure. The police personnel, clueless about the situation, had to accept the forms.

It's time to refresh old ideas like universal job guarantee
Hindustan Times
The CII specifically mentions an “Aadhar based Direct Benefit Transfer”. Targeting based on incomes and encashing checks may be easy in economies ...

Coronavirus in Maharashtra: Rs 10 crore of liquor likely to get wasted due to lockdown
Free Press Journal
"You would be eligible for PDS if it is linked with Aadhaar from wherever you are. A person in Mumbai can have access to it even if his family resides ...

In Chhattisgarh you can now order liquor online, but here's the catch
Hindustan Times
“The customer will have to register by entering his mobile number, Aadhaar card and full address. Registration will have to be confirmed through OTP,” ...

Private buses may ferry migrants home in Maharashtra
Times of India
The operator will get police permission after submitting the 25 passenger names, with the Aadhaar details and medical certificates. Migrants seeking ...

Bihar: Give students' data or face action, DEOs told
Times of India
Of them, 3,31,530 candidates' data, including bank account number, marital status and Aadhaar card number are available on the software. The data ...

RTA starts WhatsApp services to avoid crowding at offices in Visakhapatnam
Times of India
For example, WhatsApp number 9848528493 can be used for clarifications on Aadhaar-based services. The user can send messages and an ...
Migrant workers throng police stations in Pune, wonder where to get medical certificates from
The Indian Express
Most of us, except children and some others, have Aadhaar cards. But from where should we get the medical certificate and how will I take all 21 persons ...
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