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by abhishivsaxena 3304 days ago
> It all sounds familiar when you know privacy concerns of Chinese humanitarians - read great firewall of internet.

That has nothing to do wit Aadhaar or India. All European nations require an ID to get a mobile connection. That risk would exist in any country Aadhaar or no Aadhaar. What's your point?

> How does being biggest in numbers help in democracy ? Democracy is pretty old my friend. 70 years is again a very small age in democracy.

Mister because it show the strength of democratic institutions and freedom in a country. Even when compared to richer european nations like Spain/Portugal. Please look at freedom house rating for asian nations before being so condescending.
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samblr 3304 days ago
I have worked in two Western European countries and none required me to provide any Id lest alone unique id.

As I see you are doing BS.

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dang 3304 days ago
> As I see you are doing BS.

This violates the HN guidelines. Please edit such incivility out of your comments here. Your first sentence was just fine.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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abhishivsaxena 3304 days ago
> https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187768-c5431/Italy:Sim.C...

> Purchasing a SIM in Italy requires presentation of proper identification, such as valid passport or European ID card

This conversation just illustrate the quality of arguments Anti Aadhaar lobby has in this thread.

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