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Meghnad @Memeghnad
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Big story!

A patch that allows operators to create multiple Aadhaar numbers bypassing biometric security features has been found. Who knows how many fake IDs were created using this.

Now waiting for UIDAI to come in & scream, "THERE HAS BEEN NO BREACH!"
huffingtonpost.in/2018/09/11/uid…
This is a consequence of allowing random enrollment operators to create IDs, driven by per-enrollment incentives. They found a hack to maximize profits by creating multiple IDs.

This means that corruption in service delivery is still happening. Aadhaar is a total failwhale!
Whats worse, given this Government's epic push to make Aadhaar mandatory and legitimize it, this leakage and corruption of services has been LEGITIMIZED.

Now we know what UIDAI cancelled licenses of 39000 enrollment ops. They're now holding secret camps to fix these entries.
.@iam_anandv is one of the security researchers who examined this illegal patch and he has given his comments in the story too. @rachnakhaira is one of the people who has written this story. A job well done! Massive expose!
This is not a new story BTW. @saikatd reported about this same "jail-break" software in MAY. @asiatimesonline even sent a detailed questionnaire to CEO and didn't get response.

It's bonkers because this means that UIDAI has been in denial ever since!
atimes.com/article/indias…
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