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Understanding Aadhaar Authentication and Offline Verification

Understanding Aadhaar Authentication and Offline Verification

Short Notes on Aadhaar Authentication and its various nittygritties
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Srikanth @logic
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The 360 degree database

The 360 degree database

State Resident Data Hubs (SRDH) allow profiling residents by UIDAI’s deliberate technical decisions, even though they claim otherwise in SC…
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
Months of protests against Aadhaar in Karnataka

Months of protests against Aadhaar in Karnataka

Photo essay on various protests in Karnataka against Aadhaar since last 6 months
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Amit Bansal
A billion users, but no bug reporting policy

A billion users, but no bug reporting policy

Even after 210 websites were found publishing Aadhaar numbers and bank account details, UIDAI has not done enough to engage with security…
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Srinivas kodali
One Nation One Ration Card, PDS Interoperability — Technology demands

One Nation One Ration Card, PDS Interoperability — Technology demands

With the Coming of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’, It’s Important to Get the Technology Right. A nation-wide portability scheme is the need…
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Srikanth @logic
The state of Telemedicine policy, law and digital infrastructure in India

The state of Telemedicine policy, law and digital infrastructure in India

Introduction
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Anand Philip

Aarogya Setu, Reading list on Contact Tracing

Summary of Discussion on Aarogya Setu Application, Reading list on Contact Tracing
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Srikanth @logic
Practicing Digital Safety in India

Practicing Digital Safety in India

Kaarana community has put together a primer on digital safety in India to understand and minimise threats to your digital life by securing…
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Srikanth @logic
Sahamati — Self Regulatory Organisation for financial data sharing ecosystem.

Sahamati — Self Regulatory Organisation for financial data sharing ecosystem.

SRO for personal financial data sharing
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Srikanth @logic
Death of an Aadhaar Holder

Death of an Aadhaar Holder

Ever wondered what happens to someone’s Aadhaar once they pass away? Well, nothing happens. This is because UIDAI has not built any…
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St_Hill

Feedback on IBBI — Information Utility IU regulations

Following is feedback sent to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), the insolvency, bankruptcy regulator of India.
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Srikanth @logic
Electoral Bonds & Privacy

Electoral Bonds & Privacy

The arguments supportive of electoral bonds emphasis that privacy of donors exist and is a form of free speech. Let us examine the data…
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Srikanth @logic
Cancellation of eSign based Mandates (Is Aadhaar the only reason ?)

Cancellation of eSign based Mandates (Is Aadhaar the only reason ?)

The Supreme Court ruling scrapping Section 57 has downstream impacts on Aadhaar based technology solutions. Recently NPCI in a circular to…
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Srikanth @logic
What UIDAI doesn’t tell you about offline use of Aadhaar

What UIDAI doesn’t tell you about offline use of Aadhaar

Aadhaar paperless e-KYC is a good technical achievement; yet it fails in ensuring misuse of your data.
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Derick Thomas

Hacks of democracy and ECMP patch removing security checks.

How checks and balances that exist in a democracy are hacked in policymaking.
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Srikanth @logic

Videos / TV Debates

Playlist of videos of talks, interviews and discussions by Kaarana members. As always, opinions are of the individual.
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Srikanth @logic
On the sunset of UPI’s Pay 2 Aadhaar feature

On the sunset of UPI’s Pay 2 Aadhaar feature

And the harms of a ₹1 transfer to Ram Sewak Sharma
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Srikanth @logic

Kārana Meetup — Reasoning Digital Identity

Digital Identity Research Initiative (DIRI) of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is organising an international conference on digital…
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Srikanth @logic
A critical examination of the State of Aadhaar 2018 report by IDinsight

A critical examination of the State of Aadhaar 2018 report by IDinsight

The State of Aadhaar Report (SOAR; henceforth “Report”) by IDinsight (funded by Omidyar Network) was released on 17th May 2018. Herewith we…
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
Extracting personal phone numbers linked to Aadhaar

Extracting personal phone numbers linked to Aadhaar

Enumeration attacks are now possible to find out the phone number linked with Aadhaar.
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Karan Saini
Aadhaar — A Self Certified ID

Aadhaar — A Self Certified ID

Public availability of cracked Enrollment software makes Aadhaar information equivalent to a Self Certified ID
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
State of Aadhaar biometric auth doesnt help welfare

State of Aadhaar biometric auth doesnt help welfare

Aadhaar integration into welfare has been fraught with issues, issues that affect the poor and marginalized more than privileged classes.
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Amit Bansal
#AadhaarFail visualization across India

#AadhaarFail visualization across India

PS: This article is a work in progress and may be updated.
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Amit Bansal
Gujarat biometric leak and Registered Devices

Gujarat biometric leak and Registered Devices

The leak proves beyond doubt that Registered Devices cannot protect from fraud or identity theft
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
Aadhaar’s fiscal impact on PAHAL is -6900 crores (loss) so far

Aadhaar’s fiscal impact on PAHAL is -6900 crores (loss) so far

The move to make everyone Cash Transfer compliant also hurt the Ujjwala scheme’s chance of success.
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
The “relative print” feature in the Aadhaar enrolment client

The “relative print” feature in the Aadhaar enrolment client

Every enrolment operator has always had full access to every resident’s demographic data
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
LPG Savings due to Aadhaar is only 107–203 crore

LPG Savings due to Aadhaar is only 107–203 crore

Aadhaar savings in LPG PAHAL is a fraction of 29,769 crore claimed by the Government of India, even before considering capital and running…
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Anand Venkatanarayanan
Purpose limitation and Bank-UID Linking

Purpose limitation and Bank-UID Linking

Why Bank-Aadhaar linking is risky for residents
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Srikanth @logic
The state of Aadhaar on the 1st day of final SC hearings

The state of Aadhaar on the 1st day of final SC hearings

Today the landmark Aadhaar hearings in the Supreme Court have started. It is germane to examine how we got here; what is at stake; and what…
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Amit Bansal
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