Page 24 - Aadhaar
Airtel to do Aadhaar-based eKYC for telecom subscribers, with riders: UIDAI
The authority will take a view on the issue after it receives a report from the RBI and the Telecom Department on January 10
 "Airtel to do Aadhaar-based eKYC for telecom subscribers, with riders: UIDAI")
UIDAI allows Airtel to do Aadhaar-based eKYC till Jan 10: Key facts
The UIDAI has not allowed Airtel Payment Bank Limited to use eKYC licence key and it shall remain deactivated until further notice
 "UIDAI allows Airtel to do Aadhaar-based eKYC till Jan 10: Key facts")
In Kerala, prisoners can now easily enroll for Aadhaar
Under the programme, authorities of each jail would prepare a periodical list of prisoners, who do not have Aadhaar number
 "In Kerala, prisoners can now easily enroll for Aadhaar")
Report says you can get Aadhaar details for Rs 500; UIDAI denies breach
A report claims to have bought access to a cheap software, which can be used to print the Aadhaar card of any individual
 "Report says you can get Aadhaar details for Rs 500; UIDAI denies breach")
UIDAI says Aadhaar misuse traceable; govt to file FIR on alleged leak
UIDAI has refuted the claims of leak and termed it as an instance of misuse of grievance redressal search facility
 "UIDAI says Aadhaar misuse traceable; govt to file FIR on alleged leak")
UIDAI begins probe on breach of Aadhaar database, initiates FIR
UIDAI says Aadhaar not a secret number and biometric data was not leaked
 "UIDAI begins probe on breach of Aadhaar database, initiates FIR")
Aadhaar's security flaws can have devastating consequences for Indians
Does UIDAI think citizens' privacy is a 'small price' to pay for how the govt can monetise Aadhaar in future?
 "Aadhaar's security flaws can have devastating consequences for Indians")
Police registers FIR over Aadhaar data breach, names scribe
The police was informed by the UIDAI official that the correspondent of The Tribune, posing as a buyer, had purchased Aadhaar details
Aadhaar data breach: Committed to freedom of press, says law minister
The FIR, lodged with the cyber cell of the Crime Branch, invokes serious charges under the Indian Penal Code, IT Act and Aadhaar Act
 "Aadhaar data breach: Committed to freedom of press, says law minister")
Arrest authority, not journalists exposing Aadhaar breach, says Snowden
Ravi Shankar Prasad had said on Monday that the administration was 'fully committed to freedom of press' and that an FIR filed is 'against unknown'
There's an orchestrated campaign to malign Aadhaar: Nandan Nilekani
He was reacting to the filing of an FIR on The Tribune newspaper report relating to Aadhaar data breach
 "There's an orchestrated campaign to malign Aadhaar: Nandan Nilekani")
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
No poor should be excluded from subsidies due to Aadhaar: R Chandrasekhar
Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells about representing Bengaluru, his views on Aadhaar, and issues that could dominate the assembly elections in Karnataka
 "No poor should be excluded from subsidies due to Aadhaar: R Chandrasekhar")
Aadhaar's new security measures are good, it is still work in progress
While public pressure over the security of Aadhaar might have forced the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to introduce new features such as face authentication, virtual ID and limited KYC, experts who have worked on the system say such updates are incremental and need to keep happening.Be it Google, Facebook or Aadhaar, a digital system serving billions of people needs to be remain secure for which it continually has to evolve, sometimes adapting to issues that are found. The three new features will certainly help improve security, but many questions still remain over how the UIDAI will tackle the recently highlighted issue of rogue Aadhaar agents. An article in the Tribune newspaper which claimed that Aadhaar information of individuals was on sale for as little as Rs 500, sparked off the biggest security scare against the digital identity keeper in a while. Even though the UIDAI asserted that its systems had not been breached, proof that Aadhaar details of an ...
 "Aadhaar's new security measures are good, it is still work in progress")
Vulnerability of biometric data for Aadhaar is violation of rights: SC told
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud described the entire episode as "scary"
 "Vulnerability of biometric data for Aadhaar is violation of rights: SC told")
People will happily accept Aadhaar-like scheme in US: UIDAI chief Pandey
Referring to a submission made by the UIDAI before the Supreme Court, he said Aadhaar data had been "encrypted by 2,048 bits"
Facebook testing Aadhaar for new users, says it's not mandatory yet
Facebook has over 217 million monthly active users in India and 212 million of them are active on smartphones
 "Facebook testing Aadhaar for new users, says it's not mandatory yet")
Facebook scraps test asking users to sign up with Aadhaar names
Facebook clarified that it was not collecting Aadhaar data but only trying to get users to open accounts using their actual names
Journalists who exposed Aadhaar breach deserve an award, not probe: Snowden
Ravi Shankar Prasad had said on Monday that the administration was 'fully committed to freedom of press' and that an FIR filed is 'against unknown'
Aadhaar database can be misused and abused: Edward Snowden
The UIDAI said the Aadhaar data including biometric information is fully safe and secure
 "Aadhaar database can be misused and abused: Edward Snowden")