Disinformation is false information spread deliberately to deceive. Disinformation is often used to influence public opinion to achieve ends that cannot be achieved through proper procedure, democratic or legal means.
Various claims made by UIDAI and others about Aadhaar create a perception that Aadhaar is more useful than supported by evidence. These claims do not stand to scrutiny.
Ghosts! The very term is evocative. Widely perceived as parasitical and feeding off the human body, the term generates the strong unconscious reaction of wanting to get rid off them. The hard part though is to convince people that ghosts exist because otherwise they would not be too willing to Read more…
On August 24th 2017, WikiLeaks published secret documents from the ExpressLane project of the CIA pertaining to the cyber operations the OTS (Office of Technical Services), a branch within the CIA conducts against liaison services. The OTS provides a biometric collection system to liaison services around the world with the Read more…
In the latest addition to the ever-expanding Aadhaar ecosystem, Aurangabad-based Strides Software Solutions has launched the ‘d-health’ application, which is touted to be a unique donor engagement platform connecting the various stakeholders involved in blood donations. By centralizing donor registration, the app facilitates donor filtration, helping determine whether the donor Read more…
This January, HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar had made a claim that 80,000 ghost lecturers had been found due to linking of Aadhaar. “So far only 85% teachers have given their Aadhaar numbers and we have found 80,000 cases in which lecturers were listed as employed with more than one institutes,” Read more…
CEO of UIDAI Mr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey while speaking to Nitin Sethi of Business Standard in 2016 said that consent of people enrolled with UIDAI was not required. This was said while speaking about how the efficacy of Aadhaar will be monitored and what challenges it faces as it reaches Read more…
An outrageous interview of Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the CEO of UIDAI on the day after a Supreme Court order extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar and included Tatkal passports among the list of things Aadhaar couldn’t be asked for. Highlights. On the 13th of March, 2018, the Supreme Court Read more…
Recent investigations in Jharkhand reveal a clear and disturbing pattern behind the manner in which Aadhaar ended up excluding people from rations, pensions and jobs and generated “fake savings” in the bargain. The pattern is as follows: Step 1: Cancel job cards, ration cards or pensions not linked with Aadhaar. Read more…
The UIDAI keeps stressing on the fact that the biometrics data is not tampered as a fig leaf in claiming successively more serious reports of data leaks and database breaches are not a matter of concern. To someone who understands technology even a little, this claim does not stand to Read more…
The ministry of HRD recently made a claim that 80,000 “ghost teachers” were identified because of Aadhaar. HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar had made this stunning claim: “There are certain ‘ghost’ teachers who use proxy methods and are apparently teaching at multiple places as full-time employees. After the introduction of Aadhaar, Read more…
One claim made about Aadhaar often is that it “eliminates ghosts”. But does it? No. In fact, Aadhaar is among the easiest ways to create ghosts and it cannot prevent existing ghosts, because it uses the same documentation as proof. For example, if a person has two identities – his Read more…