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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
Srikanth @logic
Jun 7, 2021
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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.
Karan Saini
May 8, 2018
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…
Anand Venkatanarayanan
Dec 5, 2017
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
Amit Bansal
Oct 24, 2017
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…
Srikanth @logic
Oct 11, 2020
The state of Telemedicine policy, law and digital infrastructure in India
The state of Telemedicine policy, law and digital infrastructure in India
Introduction
Anand Philip
Jun 14, 2020
Aarogya Setu, Reading list on Contact Tracing
Summary of Discussion on Aarogya Setu Application, Reading list on Contact Tracing
Srikanth @logic
Apr 15, 2020
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…
Srikanth @logic
Sep 12, 2019
Sahamati — Self Regulatory Organisation for financial data sharing ecosystem.
Sahamati — Self Regulatory Organisation for financial data sharing ecosystem.
SRO for personal financial data sharing
Srikanth @logic
Aug 28, 2019
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…
St_Hill
Jul 16, 2019
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.
Srikanth @logic
May 31, 2019
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…
Srikanth @logic
May 26, 2019
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…
Srikanth @logic
Nov 29, 2018
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.
Derick Thomas
Nov 18, 2018
Hacks of democracy and ECMP patch removing security checks.
How checks and balances that exist in a democracy are hacked in policymaking.
Srikanth @logic
Sep 21, 2018
Videos / TV Debates
Playlist of videos of talks, interviews and discussions by Kaarana members. As always, opinions are of the individual.
Srikanth @logic
Aug 19, 2018
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
Srikanth @logic
Aug 19, 2018
Kārana Meetup — Reasoning Digital Identity
Digital Identity Research Initiative (DIRI) of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is organising an international conference on digital…
Srikanth @logic
Jul 10, 2018
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…
Anand Venkatanarayanan
May 22, 2018
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
Anand Venkatanarayanan
May 1, 2018
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.
Amit Bansal
Apr 4, 2018
#AadhaarFail visualization across India
#AadhaarFail visualization across India
PS: This article is a work in progress and may be updated.
Amit Bansal
Mar 27, 2018
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
Anand Venkatanarayanan
Feb 27, 2018
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.
Anand Venkatanarayanan
Feb 5, 2018
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
Anand Venkatanarayanan
Jan 23, 2018
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…
Anand Venkatanarayanan
Jan 22, 2018
Purpose limitation and Bank-UID Linking
Purpose limitation and Bank-UID Linking
Why Bank-Aadhaar linking is risky for residents
Srikanth @logic
Jan 21, 2018
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…
Amit Bansal
Jan 17, 2018
Aadhaar enrolment costs
Aadhaar enrolment costs
The cost of issuing 120 crore Aadhaar numbers is at least 35,000 crores — 20,000 crore by Government and the rest by other actors
Anand Venkatanarayanan
Jan 7, 2018
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