Aadhaar Tokenization System Arrives, But With No Support
The Unique Identification Authority of India has launched its “Virtual ID” system for the country’s national biometric ID program, Aadhaar. First announced in…
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UIDAI Reminds Government to Serve Citizens Even When Aadhaar Authentication Fails
The Unique Identification Authority of India is urgently reminding government service providers that they are obligated to serve citizens even when those…
Seeking to Curb Fraud, UIDAI Urges Indian Citizens to Print Their Own Aadhaar Cards
The Unique Identification Authority of India is urging citizens not to pay for laminated ‘Aadhaar cards’ as they are completely unnecessary and can expose…
UIDAI Preparing Aadhaar App for iOS
“Called ‘mAadhaar’, the mobile app essentially acts as a virtual Aadhaar ID card, containing standard biographic information.” The Unique Identification…
Snowden Adds Voice to Aadhaar Opposition
Edward Snowden, the famous CIA whistleblower and notorious American defector, has been lashing out at the Unique Identification Authority of India and the…
UIDAI Adds Facial Recognition to Aadhaar
Indian authorities are adding support for facial recognition to the country’s biometric national ID system, Aadhaar. The move was announced via a circular…
Indian Authorities Take Tokenization Approach to Aadhaar Authentication with Virtual ID System
“The move comes in the wake of reports suggesting that the Aadhaar database has been compromised repeatedly via unauthorized access, due to security loopholes…
Unauthorized Aadhaar Database Access Can be Bought: Report
“Putting aside the question of the report’s validity, Aadhaar may at this point be too big to fail, even if it does have serious security vulnerabilities.”…