The truth about security: Here's why Aadhaar's greatest threat lies within

An individual's activities across multiple domains of service could potentially be tracked using their global Aadhaar IDs which are valid across these domains

The second part of the series examines data security issues, which, if left unaddressed, could make Aadhaar the largest, and the leakiest database in the world

In the garage of a DDA apartment in South Delhi, activists of the Satark Nagarik Sangathan, an NGO that uses the RTI law to enforce transparency in government functioning, explain the latest in the Aadhaar saga to Sumitra Devi, a worried pensioner in a slum. “Now, you can apply online for a Virtual ID, or VID, which you can use in place of your Aadhaar card to keep it safe,” they say. “It took