While it is true that the Verdict on the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar reads down the Aadhaar Act in several key areas, the overall effect is one of deep disappointment about the readiness of the Indian judiciary for the digital age. The judgment is rife with a lack of comprehension Read more…
(Concern raised in this tweet by data security researcher Srinivas Kodali) In its Regional Conference on Child Marriage held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, earlier this year, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) brought out recommendations for implementation by various state governments “so that the menace of child marriage is curbed and Read more…
Frequent warnings by banks and police are apparently not the solution to combating debit/credit card fraud. The Hindu reports that Cyber Cell officials in Kerala’s Kozhikode district are discovering three new cases every month on average. The victims are usually educated middle-class families or the elderly, and many are yet Read more…
AHMEDABAD: In another instance of a fake Aadhaar creation racket, police here arrested three people who were making Aadhaar cards for people who did not have any identity documents, and were charging Rs 600 per card against the government norm of Rs 30. The Times of India, quoting the Deputy Read more…
According to The Tribune, in a recent twist of events a private operator working at an Aadhaar counter at the District Administration Complex in Jalandhar was found to have saved over 921 e-copies of Aadhaar cards in his personal laptop. When asked , the operator said that he HAD to Read more…
TL;DR The mAadhaar app is shoddily coded and puts the Aadhaar data of people who install it on their phone at risk. It stores the data locally on the phone, is easy to breach, and can be reverse engineered by malicious hackers to steal secure data. Also losing your phone Read more…