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by DyslexicAtheist 2844 days ago
Indian government site asking for aadhar data in Bihar:

http://210.212.23.57/online/OnlineApply/Notice.aspx

They just made aadhar mandatory for every school kid in Mumbai Maharashtra. Good luck to anyone who has to share share their childrens details on an insecure platform.

1 comments

It's not like HTTPS would have helped much. It's an arbitrary IP address. How is a user supposed to verify an arbitrary IP address is not an attacker? This is what '.gov.in' is supposed to be for.