Core biometrics under Aadhaar safe and secure, govt tells Parliament
6 years, 5 months ago

Core biometrics under Aadhaar safe and secure, govt tells Parliament

India TV News  

The Union government on Friday informed the Parliament core biometrics under Aadhaar were safe and secure. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the use of the unique identification mechanism has ensured savings of over Rs 90,000 crore by eliminating middlemen. Some members raised questions about reports that some hackers had managed to deposit one rupee into the account of TRAI chairman’s bank account by using his Aadhaar database. Prasad assured members that “core biometrics” of Aadhaar, were totally safe.

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New SIM Card Rules: Aadhaar-based biometric verification now mandatory
1 day, 8 hours ago

New SIM Card Rules: Aadhaar-based biometric verification now mandatory

India TV News  

The Prime Minister's Office has issued a critical directive to the Department of Telecommunications, mandating Aadhaar-based biometric verification for all new SIM card connections. Mandatory Aadhaar verification for SIM cards Previously, users could use any government ID, such as voter ID or passport, to obtain a new mobile connection. However, under the new rules, biometric verification via Aadhaar is now …

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown
2 months, 1 week ago

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown

The Hindu  

The article discusses the limitations of the Aadhaar Act's restrictions on the disclosure of core biometric information in the context of identifying deceased individuals. It highlights the dilemma faced by law enforcement agencies when accessing fingerprint data from the Aadhaar database in cases where the body is unidentified. The article argues that providing access to fingerprint data based on a …

5 crore kids, teens in UP haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics
5 months ago

5 crore kids, teens in UP haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Over 5 crore children and teenagers in UP, which has a population of approximately 20 crore, have yet not updated their Aadhaar biometrics, including fingerprints and iris scans, as required by the Unique Identification Authority of India. As a result, many teenagers are facing problems while filling forms for competitive exams like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and availing …

5 crore kids, teens in Uttar Pradesh haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics
5 months ago

5 crore kids, teens in Uttar Pradesh haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics

Hindustan Times  

Over 5 crore children and teenagers in UP, which has a population of over approximately 20 crore, have yet not updated their Aadhaar biometrics, including fingerprints and iris scans, as required by the Unique Identification Authority of India. As a result, many teenagers are facing problems while filling forms for competitive exams like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and availing …

Registration Department denies biometric details leak from its end in Mangaluru
1 year, 3 months ago

Registration Department denies biometric details leak from its end in Mangaluru

The Hindu  

Ruling out changes of leakage of biometric details after registration of documents as reported by a few people to the police in Mangaluru, a senior official from the Stamps and Registration Department said that neither the Aadhaar number nor the fingerprint taken at the time of registration are stored in any server for it to be shared. The senior official …

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful
1 year, 3 months ago

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful

Live Mint  

Given how widely Aadhaar has been hailed as a success in biometric identification to enable policy action, the Moody’s critique of it caught many by surprise. It said the credit rating agency had made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any empirical evidence and had ignored facts about its identity verification options in suggesting that service failures were resulting in …

What are Moody's concerns about India's Aadhaar biometric system? 6 points
1 year, 3 months ago

What are Moody's concerns about India's Aadhaar biometric system? 6 points

Live Mint  

Global rating agency Moody's Investors Service recently raised concerns about security and privacy vulnerabilities in biometric technologies like the Aadhaar programme in India. Moody's report also stated, "Certain categories of digital ID, especially those under central or federated control, are susceptible to misuse or exploitation – a concern that becomes particularly salient when sensitive biometric data like fingerprints or facial …

Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views; says a billion Indians trust it
1 year, 3 months ago

Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views; says a billion Indians trust it

The Hindu  

The Electronics and IT Ministry late on September 25 took on a report from Moody’s Investors Service that raised questions about the efficacy of Aadhaar and asserted that there have been no breaches reported from the unique ID system’s database till date to dismiss concerns about security and privacy in a centralised system. In a note titled “Aadhaar, the most …

Explained | Gaps in Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) abused by cybercriminals
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | Gaps in Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) abused by cybercriminals

The Hindu  

Not sharing One Time Passwords or revealing bank account details may sound like a foolproof idea to avoid falling into the trap of scammers. 📍How my mother Saving Account drain by hacker with the help of #aadharcard Here is the complete thread 👇🧵 — Pushpendra Singh May 2, 2023 In January this year, a similar incident was reported in Gurugram, …

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave
1 year, 9 months ago

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave

The Hindu  

India’s digital public infrastructure, loosely the India Stack and more, is a marvel of our times, shaped in a unique partnership between governments, regulators, the private sector, selfless volunteers, startups, and academia/think tanks. Engendering sustained collective action at scale between so many disparate entities itself is magical and the outcomes are India’s answer to Web 3, perhaps even superior in …

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?
2 years ago

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?

The Hindu  

The passage of time does not seem to have removed the concern of people about the safety of Aadhaar data. It was more than six-seven years ago that cooking gas consumers in Tamil Nadu began seeding their Aadhaar and bank account details with their LPG consumer numbers for receiving the subsidy and the ration cardholders integrated the Aadhaar data of …

Aadhaar biometrics data can now be updated every 10 years. Details here
2 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar biometrics data can now be updated every 10 years. Details here

Live Mint  

The Unique Identification Authority of India has reportedly shared information on updating users' Aadhaar card data. According to news agency PTI report, official sources has informed that Aadhaar custodian UIDAI will encourage people to voluntarily update their biometric data every 10 years. The Unique Identification Authority of India has enrolled almost all adults in the country, barring a small percentage …

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 5 months ago

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

There has been no breach of Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar data vault, Union minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam on whether the Centre has considered the recent CAG report that questioned the encryption method and procedure …

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: While roughly a hundred police complaints relating to Aadhaar numbers were brought to the attention of the Unique Identification Authority of India between 2018 and 2021, a considerably greater number of incidents went unreported, according to authorities acquainted with the subject, HT reported. They include Aadhaar numbers being compromised, Pakistani citizens obtaining the unique numbers meant only for …

UIDAI takes note of close to 100 Aadhaar-related FIRs
2 years, 7 months ago

UIDAI takes note of close to 100 Aadhaar-related FIRs

Hindustan Times  

Although nearly a hundred police complaints related to Aadhaar numbers between 2018 and 2021 have been brought to the notice of the Unique Identification Authority of India by law enforcement agencies, a much larger number of cases remain unreported, according to officials familiar with the matter. The cases include Aadhaar numbers being compromised, Pakistani citizens acquiring the unique numbers meant …

DC Edit | Volte-face and quick fixes can’t protect Indians’ data
2 years, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Volte-face and quick fixes can’t protect Indians’ data

Deccan Chronicle  

The confusing communications from the Union government on Aadhaar or the unique identification number, and the angst and disquiet these caused to the people, are the result of the ad hoc approach it has taken to the implementation of the whole project since its very inception. Recently, it withdrew a notification asking Aadhaar card holders not to share the number …

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar
2 years, 7 months ago

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The story so far: Two days after issuing an advisory asking people to refrain from sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar Card, the Unique Identification Development Authority of India opted to withdraw the notification. It stated that the action was to avert any possibility of ‘misinterpretation’ of the press release, asking people to exercise “normal prudence” in using/sharing their Aadhaar numbers. …

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop
2 years, 7 months ago

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop

Hindustan Times  

Over the weekend, the government issued and withdrew an advisory cautioning people on sharing their full Aadhaar numbers in a hard copy with “unlicensed” organisations. Aadhaar cardholders, the second statement said, are “only advised to exercise normal prudence”. The likelihood of being asked for a photocopy of an Aadhaar — instead of being verified via an OTP or a fingerprint …

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification
2 years, 7 months ago

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification

Hindustan Times  

The central government on Sunday issued a clarification after backlash over an advisory from the Unique Identification Authority of India on sharing of Aadhar photocopy with any unlicensed private entity. Unlicensed private entities like hotels or film halls are not permitted to collect or keep copies of Aadhaar card, the release said, calling it an offence under the Aadhaar Act …

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Unique Identification Authority of India informed the Delhi High Court that core biometric information collected by the authority under the Aadhaar Act shall not be shared with anyone for any reason whatsoever. UIDAI, in its affidavit filed in the high court, stated that core biometric information has been defined in Section 2 of the Aadhaar Act to mean …

'4.7 Lakh Aadhaar Cards Cancelled As Duplicate, No Assurance That Card Holders Are Indian Residents' : CAG's Audit Of UIDAI
2 years, 9 months ago

'4.7 Lakh Aadhaar Cards Cancelled As Duplicate, No Assurance That Card Holders Are Indian Residents' : CAG's Audit Of UIDAI

Live Law  

The country's top auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, has pulled up the Unique Identification Authority of India over a range of issues related to the issuance of Aadhaar cards.The issues flagged by the CAG raise a cloud over the authenticity and uniqueness of Aadhaar cards and lend credence to the the concerns being raised by data privacy …

Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard
3 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard

News 18  

Top government officials and experts from India and abroad will brainstorm over three days in the coming week over how to improve and expand the use of Aadhaar in a digital economy and work towards developing Aadhaar as an “International Digital Identity Standard”. The three-day workshop titled ‘Aadhaar 2.0 – Ushering the Next Era of Digital Identity and Smart Governance’ …

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India
3 years, 2 months ago

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India

Hindustan Times  

Reacting to a recent story on India's tech-based governance in a renowned magazine and the digital divide that is highlighted, the government on Wednesday claimed that the article is “inaccurate and biased", "betrays a severe lack of journalistic diligence" and “contradicts even the past reports” in that publication. Taking cognisance of an article published in The Economist on October 16, …

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery
3 years, 9 months ago

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, did the right thing by terming as serious the allegation by a petitioner that three crore ration cards were cancelled for not being linked with the Aadhaar database and that these were connected to reported starvation deaths in some States. Following the Court’s judgment in 2018, upholding the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction on …

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court
5 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court

India TV News  

The Centre on Tuesday said the Ordinance on the issue of voluntary use of Aadhaar biometric ID in the private sector did not survive, as the Parliament had already passed the amendment bill. President Ram Nath Kovind had in March given his assent to the Aadhaar Ordinance that allowed voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM …

Has Aadhaar improved welfare delivery?
5 years, 8 months ago

Has Aadhaar improved welfare delivery?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: On Aadhaar.there is no vision, only political gimmick,” tweeted Narendra Modi in 2014, just a month before he became Prime Minister. Proponents argue that Aadhaar, by providing a unique identity and allowing biometric authentication, delivers the gains to actual beneficiaries, instead of fake or duplicates, thereby cutting leakages. This includes the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …

Centre to seek advice on deletion of UID data
5 years, 11 months ago

Centre to seek advice on deletion of UID data

The Hindu  

The government will seek legal counsel on whether it can delete the biometric data of young people who choose to quit Aadhaar once they turn 18, UIDAI CEO and Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey told The Hindu. The Union Cabinet recently approved amendments to the Aadhaar Act, including a provision that gives a child, on attaining maturity, the power to …

Centre to make linking of Aadhaar with driving licences mandatory soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years ago

Centre to make linking of Aadhaar with driving licences mandatory soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Firstpost  

Through a power presentation, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “This is digital profile of India - 123 crore Aadhaar cards,121 crore mobile phones, 44.6 crore smart phones, 56 crore internet users, there has been 51 percent growth in e-commerce. There is 130 crore population in India.” Phagwara: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory …

Aadhaar: Twists and turns in the biometric tale
6 years ago

Aadhaar: Twists and turns in the biometric tale

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Aadhaar, India’s extraordinary attempt to give every citizen a biometric identity, is set for a massive revamp with new offline verification tools and non-intrusive ways for people seeking to voluntarily use the 12-digit unique number for new bank accounts and mobile connections. After twists and turns in 2018, led by the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the constitutional …

Laws to be amended to let private firms use Aadhaar
6 years ago

Laws to be amended to let private firms use Aadhaar

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government has decided to amend the Telegraph Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in order to allow private entities such as banks and telecom service providers access to Aadhaar as one of the “know your customer” methods. The cabinet also approved 10-year jail terms for those found guilty of data breach; use of quick response …

More Than 122 Cr Aadhaar Users, Don’t have Tech To Match Finger Prints Without Aadhaar Number: UIDAI tells Bombay HC [Read Petition]
6 years, 2 months ago

More Than 122 Cr Aadhaar Users, Don’t have Tech To Match Finger Prints Without Aadhaar Number: UIDAI tells Bombay HC [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Unique Identification Authority has told the Bombay High Court that they do not have the “technological architecture” to allow matching of finger prints without mentioning the Aadhaar number.Deputy Director, Mumbai, UIDAI Bhalchandra Vishnu Jichkar, gave the said instructions to BB Kulkarni, Senior Panel Standing Counsel for the Union of India in a criminal writ petition filed by. The Unique …

UIDAI asks banks to use Aadhaar e-KYC for DBT users
6 years, 2 months ago

UIDAI asks banks to use Aadhaar e-KYC for DBT users

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has said that Aadhaar e-KYC can be used to authenticate beneficiaries of government subsidies and welfare schemes, while for others the Aadhaar card can be used for verification, said a senior UIDAI official, requesting anonymity. The UIDAI wrote to banks after it received legal opinion on the matter, in the wake of …

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say
6 years, 3 months ago

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say

NPR  

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say Enlarge this image toggle caption Lauren Frayer/NPR Lauren Frayer/NPR India has 1.3 billion people, and no equivalent of the Social Security number. Sponsor Message The government says this system, called Aadhaar — "foundation" in Hindi — has helped to distribute welfare to the country's neediest; streamline the …

Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric identity database, approved by India's Supreme Court
6 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric identity database, approved by India's Supreme Court

ABC  

India's highest court has upheld the legality of the nation's controversial biometric identity database, saying it does not violate citizens' rights to privacy. Key points: Indian residents cannot receive welfare food rations, other benefits without being entered into Aadhaar There is concern the system is vulnerable to security breaches An Indian newspaper has already bought access to data by paying …

Aadhaar system designed with multiple layers of security to thwart manipulation: UIDAI CEO
6 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar system designed with multiple layers of security to thwart manipulation: UIDAI CEO

India TV News  

The Unique Identification Authority of India CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Friday asserted that any attempt to manipulate Aadhaar system at the operator level will be detected and thwarted at the back-end as it contains multiple layers of security checks. He said that the Aadhaar system is designed in such a way that its multiple security layers won’t allow any …

UIDAI Aadhaar software hacked using a patch that disabled critical security: Report
6 years, 4 months ago

UIDAI Aadhaar software hacked using a patch that disabled critical security: Report

Firstpost  

UIDAI Aadhaar software used to enrol new users may have been subjected to a hack using a software patch that disables critical security features Update: The UIDAI has responded to these allegations and the copy has been updated accordingly. According to an investigation by HuffPost India, the UIDAI Aadhaar software used to enrol new users, and get them into the …

Aadhaar our digital identity; completely safe, secure: Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar our digital identity; completely safe, secure: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday assured that Aadhaar cards were completely secure and can prevent unscrupulous activities like money laundering. Stating that 122 crore Aadhaar cards have been issued so far, Prasad said 95 crore bank accounts have already been linked with the digital identity cards. He said with direct benefit transfers of various …

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister

Firstpost  

The Minister said that Aadhaar authorities conduct nearly one crore authentications every second. The biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times, Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said on 15 July, while calling the data storage system “completely safe and secure”. For a population of 130 crore, India is home to …

Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

India TV News  

Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said that the biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times. That is the inclusive part we have done," Prasad said, lauding the Modi government for "taking rapid steps in making India more digital". For a population of 130 crore, India is home to …

SC verdict on AAP-Centre power tussle updates: Manish Sisodia issues order shifting officers' appointment authority to Delhi govt
6 years, 6 months ago

SC verdict on AAP-Centre power tussle updates: Manish Sisodia issues order shifting officers' appointment authority to Delhi govt

Firstpost  

6:46 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter As Kejriwal govt gears up to unroll doorstep delivery of PDS ration, expert says scheme unlikely to achieve much Following the Supreme Court’s verdict, it appears that the Delhi government plans to push ahead with its plan of doing ‘doorstep delivery’ in the PDS. Unfortunately, the proposed solution — ie door-step delivery — is unlikely …

Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India on Friday reiterated that biometric data collected by it cannot be used for any purpose other than generating Aadhaar and for authenticating the identity of Aadhaar holders. The clarification by UIDAI comes after the chief of the National Crime Records Bureau, Ish Kumar, on Thursday suggested that limited access to Aadhaar data …

Aadhaar card: UIDAI postpones roll-out of facial recognition facility for authentication to August 1
6 years, 7 months ago

Aadhaar card: UIDAI postpones roll-out of facial recognition facility for authentication to August 1

India TV News  

The Aadhaar-issuing body, The Unique Identification Authority of India on Wednesday delayed the introduction of facial recognition facility for Aadhaar authentication by one month to August 1, apparently to ensure a smooth roll-out. The UIDAI had said that face authentication would be allowed "only in fusion mode" meaning along with either fingerprint or iris or OTP to verify the details …

UIDAI CEO's Presentation on Aadhaar's Validity Faces Scrutiny
6 years, 9 months ago

UIDAI CEO's Presentation on Aadhaar's Validity Faces Scrutiny

Live Law  

The Supreme Court hears arguments on Aadhaar presentation by UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey. The UIDAI CEO argues that prior to the introduction of Aadhaar, there was ID proof admissible at the national level in India. Each proof of ID had its own limitations, but the Aadhaar system gathers only minimal demographic information and biometric data. The UIDAI also has …

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