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Don't like Aadhaar- Watch out for Twitter trolls like these

Read more about Don't like Aadhaar? Watch out for Twitter trolls like these on Business Standard. Called critics as 'anti-Aadhaar brigade', accuse them of publishing half-truths to for own interests

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Don't like Aadhaar- Watch out for Twitter trolls like these

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  1. Don't like Aadhaar? Watch out for Twitter trolls like these Poonam Parekh India's biometric state ID system has been leaking citizens’ data for months. When this information surfaced in April 2017, it stoked fears that the system could be used as an instrument of surveillance against Indian residents. The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI), which administrates the system known as Aadhaar (meaning foundation in Hindi) maintains that it only collects minimal personal data and stores it securely. But critics have firmly expressed doubts about these claims. Repeat after me: Aadhaar is surveillance technology masquerading as secure authentication technology. — Sunil Abraham (@sunil_abraham) February 24, 2017

  2. The implications of these leaks, and of any system flaw in Aadhaar technology, are substantial, especially for Indians who depend on the Aadhaar system in order to authenticate their identities when they use any number of government services. The Aadhaar system has become the gatekeeper of state systems and services ranging from voting to financial savings to food subsidies. The digital sphere is now starting to see a pushback against Aadhaar critics through articles and blogposts that describe concerned citizens and privacy experts as the ‘anti-Aadhaar brigade‘ and accuse them of publishing “half-truths” and “spread[ing] confusion to advance their own interests.” One such article was even featured on the UIDAI website. Some of the most well-researched critiques of the system have come from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), an inter-disciplinary research organisation in Bangalore that has now become a target of the pro-Aadhaar lobby. Shortly after CIS released a report that pointed out security flaws in the Aadhaar ecosystem, the UIDAI accused the organization of hacking into the Aadhaar system themselves. In fact, CIS had investigated databases of four specific government websites. Three were available publicly, the fourth one was accessible by simply changing one of the URL parameters. Following the accusation from UIDAI, CIS clarified that the Aadhaar numbers along with other sensitive personal financial information like bank account details were made available by government websites themselves, putting a sizeable portion of Indian citizens at risk of financial fraud. The Press Trust of India (India's largest news agency) referred to it as a “flip-flop”, which was contested by researchers at CIS. Points to note: 1) As per OED, this was a “leak”. So PTI report this morning on our clarification is 100% wrong on that. 1/ https://t.co/ywhCzVZFn — Pranesh Prakash (@pranesh) May 19, 2017 Independent technology news platform Medianama reported that the accusation by the UIDAI is regrettably consistent with previous actions in which they filed a case against a journalist for exposing flaws in Aadhaar's enrollment mechanism. READ MORE

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