#uidai — Public Fediverse posts
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UIDAI has released the new Aadhaar App with enhanced digital identity controls, including face authentication, selective information sharing, biometric lock, secure QR verification, and multi-profile support.
A significant upgrade for privacy-focused and secure Aadhaar usage across India.
https://news24media.org/uidai-launches-new-aadhaar-app/
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Great news for Indian citizens: Download your Aadhaar card directly on WhatsApp via the official MyGov Helpdesk. Our article guides you through every step for instant, secure access.
#AadhaarOnWhatsApp #DigitalIndia #UIDAI #Privacy #TechNews
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India Wants Wide Business Use Of Its Huge Aadhaar Biometric Database, Now With Facial Recognition
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Modi Took a 180-Degree Turn on Aadhaar, But the ‘I Am Me’ Card’s Flaws Remain
In 2014, Narendra Modi referred to the Aadhaar programme as a “political gimmick”. Two years later, his government pushed the Aadhaar Act through parliament. In the last 10 years, while carefully maintaining that it is a “voluntary” programme, his government has slowly but surely ensured that Aadhaar is mandatory in all the ways that matter.
#aadhaar #UIDAI #identification #biometrics #privacy #governance #AadhaarLinking #NandanNilekani #NarendraModi #BJP #UPA #india
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14 years on, first Aadhaar recipient recalls ‘false show’ of publicity
Ranjana Sonawane was the first person to receive an Aadhaar card on September 29, 2010, at the launch of the programme by Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.
#maharashtra #aadhaar #congress #ManmohanSingh #SoniaGandhi #UIDAI #GovtSchemes #WelfareSchemes #poverty #SocialSecurity #india
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From Aadhaar to Digiyatra, How Japan Is Helping Build India’s Tech Infrastructure
It should not come as a surprise that the technology used to build Aadhaar and DigiYatra is being supplied by the same company that also provides technology to India’s policing agencies for surveillance and control. Srinivas Kodali writes.
#aadhaar #UIDAI #DigiYatra #IndianRailways #NEC #JICA #japan #biometrics #FacialRecognition #DigitalInfrastructure #authentication #surveillance #india
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Aadhaar Deactivations and the Genealogy of Cybernetics Gone Rogue in India
The recent developments with several individuals' Aadhaar being de-activated has created a flurry of concerned activity among the political class in India about the dangers of this system.
#aadhaar #AadhaarDeactivation #cybernetics #StateSurveillance #governance #UID #UIDAI #rights #privacy #history #histodon #india
https://thewire.in/tech/aadhaar-deactivations-and-the-genealogy-of-cybernetics-gone-rogue-in-india
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Aadhaar invalid' letters from UIDAI strike panic several among people across Bengal
Can't withdraw ration as biometric identity disabled, cry complainants from districts.
#WestBengal #aadhaar #UIDAI #RationShops #PDS #biometrics #GovtSchemes #UnionGovt #NRC #CAA #citizenship #BJP #TMC #india
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People rejected by Assam NRC continue to face Aadhaar hurdle
The biometrics of 26.57 lakh people who did not make it to the first two drafts of the updated National Register of Citizens were frozen.
#assam #NRC #aadhaar #biometrics #UIDAI #citizenship #BJPStates #india
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Unable to link his Aadhaar with govt ration scheme, 58-yr-old dies of starvation: Tea workers’ association
“Despite numerous Duare Sarkar camps, the couple did not receive benefits from the state Government schemes like Tapashili Bandhu or Lakshmi Bhandar,” he said.
#WestBengal #alipurduar #aadhaar #AadhaarDeaths #AadhaarLinking #UIDAI #GovtSchemes #starvation #WBGovt #india
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Sharp Fall in Number of MGNREGA Workers in Telangana After Union’s Push Towards Aadhaar-Based Pay
According to experts, the deletion of job cards outnumbered the additions under the scheme because of the new norm.
#telangana #MGNREGA #aadhaar #ABPS #labour #jobs #NPCI #AadhaarLinking #UIDAI #livelihood #india
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'Not Proof of Citizenship or Date of Birth': New Aadhaar Cards Carry More Prominent Disclaimers
The move, according to a report on The Hindu, is a clear signal to government departments and other organisations to not use it as proof of either.
#aadhaar #citizenship #DigitalID #EPFO #UIDAI #DigitalIndia #InformationMinistry #india
https://thewire.in/government/aadhaar-uidai-citizenship-date-of-birth
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Instead Of Making Life Easier For Pensioners, Widows, Transgenders, A J&K Govt Online Process Has Led To Misery
In September 2022, the Jammu & Kashmir government began online verification to make welfare doles for pensioners, the differently abled, widows, and transgenders more efficient. Instead, reflecting similar glitches in other states, hundreds have been denied monthly income for seven to eight months due to lack of documents, system glitches and biometric mismatches, despite several trips to offices meant to help them.
#kashmir #JKGovt #aadhaar #biometrics #pension #security #WelfareSchemes #UIDAI #india
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Aadhaar-linked pay becomes mandatory for MGNREGS workers
The Centre mandates payment of all MGNREGA wages through an Aadhaar-based system though 34.8% of registered workers and 12.7% of active workers are not eligible; 7.6 crore workers deleted since April 2022.
#MGNREGA #aadhaar #ABPS #MGNREGS #wages #labour #UIDAI #unemployment #LabourRights #india
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/new-year-new-rule-for-mgnrega-workers/article67692863.ece
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Impersonation, Threat Calls: A First-Person Account by a Woman Who Lost Rs 14.5 Lakh in Online Fraud
The 65-year-old doctor from Delhi, who was threatened to share her Aadhaar number by fraudsters, was told she was involved in a 'top-secret case of national security', which she knew nothing of.
#OnlineFraud #aadhaar #security #privacy #biometrics #UIDAI #whatsapp #india
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Repeated Data Leaks Cast Doubt on India Stack
The alleged Aadhar data breach, which is being seen as the biggest data breach in India’s history, raises serious questions about the security and reliability of India’s digital public infrastructure.
#IndiaStack #aadhaar #DataBreach #security #DigitalIndia #DPG #CoWIN #DigiLocker #biometrics #PersonalData #DataProtection #PII #identity #UIDAI #privacy #india
https://analyticsindiamag.com/repeated-data-leaks-cast-doubt-on-india-stack/
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Of 70.24 Crore PAN Cards, CBDT Deactivated 11.5 Crore for Failure to Link With Aadhaar
The deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar cards was June 30 this year. To get the cards reactivated, a Rs 1,000 fine will have to be paid.
#aadhaar #PAN #CBDT #UIDAI #governance #india
https://thewire.in/government/pan-cards-cbdt-deactivated-11-5-crore-failure-link-aadhaar
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Jharkhand food security violation: Ration anomalies revealed at public hearing
Villagers were made to do biometrics (thumb impression) but given food grains in less amount than specified after the biometrics, says social activist.
#jharkhand #WestSinghbhum #NFSA #FoodSecurity #aadhaar #biometrics #UIDAI #india
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Is it Time to Call India a Digital Dystopia?
It is time to renew efforts to de-mystify technology with the aim of surveillance reforms, before this Digital Dystopia becomes a permanent future, writes Srinivas Kodali.
#DigitalIndia #aadhaar #GST #UPI #UIDAI #WelfareSchemes #StateSurveillance #privacy #PersonalData #DataProtection #BJP #india
https://thewire.in/uncategorised/is-it-time-to-call-india-a-digital-dystopia
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NPCI stepping in to stop AePS frauds, suggests ways to banks
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) wants companies offering Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) to bring in additional security measures to check rising incidents of fraud attacks on the network. In a notification issued to all banks and payment companies offering this service on October 26, NPCI wrote that just like mandatory security features on debit cards, banks need to introduce mandatory security norms for AePS transactions.
#NPCI #AePS #aadhaar #security #banking #AadhaarFraud #UIDAI #india
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Indians’ Personal Data Breached Yet Again, but No Sign That Gaps Will Be Plugged
A US cybersecurity firm found that a threat actor had advertised the sale of close to 815 million Aadhaar records for a price of $80,000.
#security #aadhaar #PersonalInformation #PersonalData #privacy #DataProtection #cybercrime #UIDAI #biometrics #india
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VHP Wants Garba Attendees to Show Aadhaar, Be Sprinked in Cow Urine to Keep Out Non-Hindus
The Hindu right has been using the bogey of "love jihad" to try and keep non-Hindus away from festivities since 2015.
#navaratri #BJP #VHP #BajrangDal #aadhaar #muslims #hindutva #ConspiracyTheories #BJPStates #UIDAI #islamophobia #HinduFestivals #india
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Committed to 'Purity of Electoral Rolls': Chief Election Commissioner Amid Concerns Over Voter Lists
Rajiv Kumar said there have been over 20 lakh deletions in the electoral rolls and a modification of over 22 lakh in the five states that are going to polls in November.
#elections2024 #ElectoralRolls #CEC #ECI #VoterDeletions #aadhaar #UIDAI #security #india
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The Need For Regulatory Transparency and Accountability Around Digital Money
Systems are being made more opaque than ever and governments are insulated by regulators who hide behind technology. Srikanth Lakshmanan writes.
https://thewire.in/tech/the-need-for-regulatory-transparency-and-accountability-around-digital-money
#digitalisation #accountability #aadhaar #NACH #SWIFT #PNB #NiravModi #Moodys #privacy #security #UIDAI #vulnerabilities #biometrics #ServiceDenials #UPI #NPCI #AEPS #DigitalID #ERupee #CBDC #RBI #economy #governance #india
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Aadhaar unreliable in ‘hot, humid’ India: Moody’s
Amid India’s digital infra push, Moody’s says the world’s largest digital ID programme often denies service to users; it questions reliability of biometric technology, warns of privacy and security risks.
#aadhaar #moodys #DigitalID #identity #biometrics #AEPS #ABPS #MGNREGA #privacy #security #PersonalData #technology #UIDAI #india
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Bank Bachao Forum Writes to RBI Guv Against Aadhaar-Enabled Payment System
Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Manch wrote to the RBI Governor expressing concern over bank frauds via the Aadhaar-enabled payment system.
https://www.newsclick.in/bank-bachao-forum-writes-rbi-guv-against-aadhaar-enabled-payment-system
#aadhaar #AEPS #AadhaarFrauds #RBI #UIDAI #biometrics #security #BankFrauds #india
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India’s Digital Governance `Model’ Fails on Rights
India's digital transformation also means depriving millions of their livelihood, biased surveillance technologies, insecure public databases and unprecedented levels of internet shutdowns. Jayshree Bajoria and Apar Gupta write.
https://www.justsecurity.org/88061/indias-digital-governance-model-fails-on-rights/
#DigitalIndia #g20 #MGNREGS #NREGA #aadhaar #ManipurViolence #manipur #InternetShutdown #UIDAI #biometrics #security #privacy #DataProtection #PersonalData #cybersecurity #StateSurveillance #authoritarianism #dissent #minorities #hindutva #BJP #technology #india
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Gujarat: 2 lakh Aadhaar, PAN cards forged and sold; 2 arrested in Surat
The accused were accessing the government database, which is a case of illegal authorisation and a serious threat to national security, said a police official
#gujarat #surat #aadhaar #PAN #AadhaarScams #UIDAI #identification #identity #data #security #india