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Of Aadhaar and "vested interests": A short thread
19feb16: "Microsoft is working with the Indian government to link Skype with the Aadhaar database".

indianexpress.com/article/techno…
31may16: "Microsoft’s plan to link...Skype with the Aadhaar database for making authenticated calls with government institutions and others is expected to move further with Minister...Ravi Shankar Prasad indicating his consent to the plan".

indianexpress.com/article/techno…
23sep16: "Microsoft today said it has presented to central authorities various “case scenarios” on how its Skype service can be used for identity authentication using the Aadhaar database."

indianexpress.com/article/techno…
21feb17: "Microsoft may soon start utilising Aadhaar as an authentication in its free calling service Skype, as the Centre has given its go-ahead on Tuesday."

thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/micr…
06jul17: "With the latest version of Skype Lite, Aadhaar integration can be used to verify users’ identity online".

thehindu.com/sci-tech/techn…
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Journalists: here is the complete breakdown of Arun Jaitley's Rs. 90,000 crore "Aadhaar savings" lie.

Please test *any* element of it against reality.
Here is the original takedown of the World Bank's "Aadhaar savings" lie (as used by the govt in the Supreme Court).

Here is the detailed explanation of the World Bank's efforts to cover up their initial error once they were publicly challenged.

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Since the #Ujjwala LPG connection scheme was (paid) trending last week, it may be useful to discuss its relationship to the ongoing Aadhaar data catastrophe, and specifically to the furore surrounding R.S. Sharma's latest contribution on the issue. (1/7)
Here is R.S. Sharma's response to the controversy. (2/7)
Others have already unpacked the various lies and misrepresentations in it, but there's one statement of specific relevance to Ujjwala:

"People are also providing a copy of their Aadhaar cards to various service providers, though this is neither required nor desirable."

(3/7)
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"Aadhaar is the biggest fraud in the country."

- Ananth Kumar, BJP MP for Bangalore South
"I have always been saying Aadhaar is niraadhaar."

- Ananth Kumar, BJP MP for Bangalore South
"We will scrap it [Aadhaar]. Lock, stock and barrel, it will be thrown into the dustbin."

- Ananth Kumar, BJP MP for Bangalore South
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#JNU #sexualharassment #MeToo: In that case, here's what the POSH Act states. Malicious intent has not been proven. And the mere inability to prove the case doe NOT merit punishment as harsh as being recommended by JNU ICC.
So what are the punishment suggested? For starters she's being treated like a common criminal. Please remember this is a student we are talking about.
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#Aadhaar hearing thread. Rejoinder to resume. Before that the Court is pronouncing a fab judgment.

On whether parliamentary committee reports can be taken judicial notice of as evidence of facts. SC answers in the affirmative.

DYC J reading his concurring judgment....
.....and part of His judgment is the assertion that the constitutionalism in India now is about moving from a culture of authority to a culture of justification. (Recall this exchange also came in the course of Aadhaar hearings when Sr. Gopal Subramanium pointed this out)
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So this is the UNIQUE MODEL OF ENSURING SECURE DATABASE by UIDAI..

Threaten, coerce and shut any reports against the flaws and leaks in the system. If you point out the vulnerabilities, they will entangle you in a legal mesh!

indianexpress.com/article/india/…
The UIDAI is an extra-constitutional body with NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

How can it even exist?

We should be thankful to our Parliamentarians for their legal reasoning and vision to give such coercive power to UIDAI
We can't blame them alone!

Couple of years back, we all got hallucinated by a charlatan Anna Hazare who promised a similar draconian LOKPAL.. When you create such draconian systems in the guise of eliminating corruption, you are on a perfect fools paradise!
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Ask your MPs, banks, mobile operators, service providers to #SpeakForMe against the Aadhaar linking coercion. speakforme.in | Follow the thread to know more about the risks of aadhaar, long thread on issues several of us are concerned
#SpeakForMe Everyone is concerned with data protection, while a govt committee is formed & is accepting comments, we are deeply concerned about lack of accountability. @anivar writes on #AadhaarLeaks of how @UIDAI itself leaks Aadhaar medium.com/karana/when-ui…
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#AadhaarKills
#DestroyTheAadhaar

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#AadhaarWarOnWomen

#AadhaarFemicide

#AadhaarKills

#DestroyTheAadhaar

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3/n. HIV+ women in India have stopped their treatment as hospitals demand the biometric Aadhaar. The women fear loss of anonymity & social stigma on them and their families. newindianexpress.com/states/karnata…

#AadhaarWarOnWomen
#AadhaarFemicide
#AadhaarKills
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