TNN | Updated: May 7, 2017, 09.20 AM IST
HIGHLIGHTS
- UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said that UID systems are secure and will deter terrorists and money launderers.
- The CEO said that the use of a fake Aadhaar ID will prove more hazardous to criminals as compared to spurious ration or election cards.
NEW DELHI: Seeking to put to rest fears that the use of fake identification to obtain Aadhaar cards and the leak of data pose a security threat, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said that UID systems are secure and will deter terrorists and money launderers.
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The use of a fake Aadhaar ID will prove more hazardous to criminals as compared to spurious ration or election cards as biometric data can identify an individual with more certainty. "If somebody has Aadhaar with a fake identity, then he will be stuck his whole life with that fake identity," Pandey told TOI.
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- You have taxed my income , taxed my expenditure , taxed my savings ..Now you also want to put me on a Leash ?
- Are YOU a pet d0g Or a Human Being who treasures LIBERTY ?
- Then why do you want to be put on an Electronic Leash for the rest of your life ?
Only a mental Slave will desire to be kept on a LEASH .
- Those who give up their essential liberties for security neither deserve neither.
- Govt rationale is that if we put ALL Indians on an Electronic Leash , it will deter a few criminals and those who evade taxes.
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- No Govt is perfect , and history is testament that Govt machinery is often usurped by tyrannical forces.
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If a person planning to commit a crime or an act of terror were to open a bank account using Aadhaar, authorities would also find it far easier to track him.
Pandey argued that the alleged breach of privacy with some government agencies displaying Aadhaar-linked information+ on their websites did not mean that the biometrics were compromised+ . "To say that Aadhaar has been breached, privacy is endangered is incorrect, misleading and even irresponsible," he said.