[rockyj]

While I would like to agree with you but the fact of the matter is no one cares about this stuff in India at the ground level. The govt. is already collecting bio-metric data of the billion plus population, apart from a few, no one protested against it. Heck, only a few asked how they will store this data and keep it secure. When more than half of the population is worried about their next meal or a place to sleep, it does not care about privacy.

[sks]

I think even those who are not worried about their next meal are not going to protest this. India has seen so many terror attacks labeled as intelligence failure that any move to beef up the intelligence infrastructure may even be welcomed. The sad thing is that the probability of this data being misused for political reasons is so much higher in India than in the USA.

[lignuist]

> The sad thing is that the probability of this data being misused for political reasons is so much higher in India than in the USA.

I guess this is mostly speculation, while I can understand the sentiment.

[uh_oh]

In India corruption runs through all levels of government. This is a fact. So, yes, misuse is much more likely. I understand that you may have wanted to express that it's less likely that the data is abused for political reasons _by the government_ to further certain political goals. This may be true, I don't know.