| Who has power to abuse in unique identification system (aadhaar) - individual or state? State. Where does the state in questions stand in corruption ratings, human development index ? very low. (Looking up in internet) Latest use of aadhar seems to be in mobile internet via Jio telecom - they've used aadhar as identification. How is this not dystopian ? with most of country relying on mobile internet alone and state knowing their entire web activity - how is not dystopian? Going by a similar analogy - Should a US citizen use SSN to get a home-worker-robot from a private company like (Google,SpaceX) to help with all daily chores ? BIG NO India has also been known for its infamous caste society (read prejudice) for few millenia - will unique identification help eradicate or increase the problem further ? can anybody explain which applies here and how ? Although I am not against having an unique ID for citizens in a country. Such systems will become easy tools for few powerful. We so often get rants in HN about facebook(and others) abusing privacy (listening to audio, tracking most of our web browsing). How is with aadhar and facts above help prevent a state or private-company or mix-of-both-them not become big brother ? edit: removed a sentence which got repeated. |
Aadhaar has nothing to do with you web activity. It's used as KYC - Know your Customer - for getting the JIO connection. It's optional, and as an alternative you can submit a xerox of any ID documents for your KYC. Most european countries require an ID document to get a mobile connection as well - Italy for example.
> Going by a similar analogy - Should a US citizen use SSN to get a home-woker-robot from a private company like (Google,SpaceX) to help with all daily chores ? BIG NO
More apt analogy would be that should a US citizen use SSN to to get a bank account at Citibank? BIG YES
> India has also been known for its infamous caste society (read prejudice) for few millenia - will unique identification help eradicate or increase the problem further ? can anybody explain which applies here and how ?
That has nothing to do with Aadhaar so I would ignore it.
> Where does the state in questions stand in corruption ratings, human development index ? very low.
It's also one of the freest countries in Asia according to Freedom House, and has robust institutions. It's the world's biggest democracy for 70 years now - during which western countries like Spain and Portugal were rules by dictators.
Please keep you condescending attitude to yourself. Indias are well informed to make an informed choice in this matter, and they have.
EDIT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR EDIT:
> How is with aadhar and facts above help prevent a state or private-company or mix-of-both-them not become big brother ?
Because Mister it's only used for KYC. Aadhaar system only stores a few attributes - Name/DOB/gender/address-if-available. That's data every goverment in this world keeps of its citizens. Do you understand now how you and Mozilla are fear mongering?