Delay Aadhaar linkages: Letter to BS on UIDAI allows facial recognition

Till the enhanced features are implemented, there should not be any compulsion to link Aadhaar with various other identities, phone, accounts etc

Apropos “UIDAI allows face recognition for Aadhaar authentication from July 1” (January 15), it is a welcome move. But the move has come only after some hue and cry and instances of identity leakages were revealed. Till these enhanced features are implemented, there should not be any compulsion to link Aadhaar with various other identities, phone, accounts etc. I have a pan card that is linked to my bank accounts and has been produced to get the phone connection. Now we see another surreptitious step to force Aadhaar — the removal of the details page on the passport. Thus, a