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Coercion has been a part of the Aadhaar project from the very beginning. Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi’s recent statements in court brought us up-to-date on … Coercion and Silence Are Integral Parts of the Aadhaar ProjectRead more

At an ISOC Asia Pacific meeting on privacy last week, a representative of a government asked about how we can have National ID systems that … How not to screw up your National IDRead more

On the morning of April 6, Uzma Begum took her nine-year-old daughter Iram to Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in East Delhi’s New Seemapuri in an attempt … Delhi government schools are turning away children who don’t have AadhaarRead more

Democracies survive on the delicate balance of power between the ruling class – the executive, generally known as the government – and the citizens. The … Aadhaar is being converted into the world’s biggest surveillance engineRead more

Recent events in Jharkhand shed some useful light on the damage done by compulsory biometric authentication in the Public Distribution System (PDS). This is increasingly … Aadhaar or elseRead more

The UIDAI has maintained that the central repository (CIDR) which holds biometric data is safe and secure, even though there is overwhelming evidence that the … How trustworthy are the entries in the Aadhaar Database?Read more