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Army’s Fingerprint and Iris Databases Head for the Cloud #Biometrics #UID #Aadhaar

BY SPENCER ACKERMAN,   A soldier scans an Afghan’s eye for placement in the U.S. military’s large wartime biometrics databases, March 2012.Photo: U.S. Army   The next time U.S. soldiers snap a picture of your eye or scan your face, they’re… Continue Reading →

#India- Who owns our identity? #UID #Aadhaar #Biometrics

Author: Latha Jishnu, Down to Earth Posted on: 31 May, 2013 Between Nilekani’s UID and National Population Register’s KYR+is a huge mess and a looming nightmare Illustration: Anirban Bora   Yattan Bibi, scrubber of floors and cleaner of dishes (other people’s), has… Continue Reading →

Privacy for the other five billion #Aadhaar #UID #Biometrics

Privacy International 29 May 2013 A US Army soldier takes a biometric scan of an Afghan police officer before paying his monthly salary, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, October 2012 REUTERS/Erik De Castro The following piece originally appeared on Slate. It was written by… Continue Reading →

Dispelling the haze of #Aadhaar #UID #biometrics #mustread

  AADHAAR PROJECT USHA RAMANATHAN     That the lawmakers of the country have found themselves in a haze of incomprehension about the UID project, which is being promoted as a “game changer”, is deeply unsettling. VIJAY VERMA/PTI  United Progressive… Continue Reading →

Punjab & Haryana High Court finds application of UID /Aadhaar legally questionable #biometrics

  Punjab & Haryana High Court finds application of Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar legally questionable   Executive order for Biometric UID ‘Cards’ withdrawn     UPA’s Budget 2013 is promotion of Aadhaar is unconstitutional   High Court finds application of UID/Aadhaar illegal like… Continue Reading →

Linking #Aadhaar to Direct Benefit Transfer scheme a mistake, says Aruna Roy #UID #biometrics

Politics news, Updated Feb 28, 2013 Rupashree Nanda, CNN-IBN   The Direct Benefit Transfer initiative of the government came in for discussion and scrutiny in Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council on February 26. Nandan Nilekani, Chairperson of UIDAI, sought to… Continue Reading →

हाथों की लकीरें मिट गईं तो कैसे बने आधार कार्ड? #Aadhaar #UID #biometrics

    मजदूर जिसने बयां की ‘आधार’ की कहानी  नवभारत टाइम्स | Feb 25, 2013, 06.52PM IST एसपी रावत   कुरुक्षेत्र।। कंप्यूटर ने एक ओर जहां इंसान के कई कामों को आसान बना दिया है, वहीं दिन-रात मजदूरी करके अपने… Continue Reading →

#India- The Dark Side of #UID : Why the west dumped #Biometrics #Aadhaar

  SANDEEP KHURANA | 11/01/2013 , Moneylife.com UK scrapped in 2010, its The Identity Cards Act, 2006, that was Aadhaar’s equivalent and aimed to capture 50 key data about each individual, including fingerprints, facial scan, iris scan and more. It did enough deliberations on the issue almost around… Continue Reading →

When a Palm Reader Knows More Than Your Life Line #biometrics #privacy

By NATASHA SINGER, New York Times Published: November 10, 2012 “PLEASE put your hand on the scanner,” a receptionist at a doctor’s office at New York University Langone Medical Center said to me recently, pointing to a small plastic device on the counter… Continue Reading →

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