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Citizens don't have absolute right over their bodies: Govt of India

• abrown28 9y ago
  It's the same in the US
  • deleted 9y ago
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  • plandis 9y ago
    And in any European country that utilizes fingerprinting, etc... Did you have a point in specifically calling out the US?
    • falcolas 9y ago
      Well, at least in the US, it goes beyond fingerprinting and into what kinds of procedures you can have done to you (such as experimental drug treatments).
• firasd 9y ago
  Between this biometric ID system (Aaadhaar) and demonetization, India is a great example of how quickly utopian tech ideas that appeal to corporations become tools of government authoritarianism. I wrote about this here: https://hackernoon.com/i-boycott-paytm-5df93d189356 https://hackernoon.com/i-boycott-paytm-5df93d189356 And I like this article about the general issue: http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-technology-has-never-been-this-political-in-india/ http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-tech... Interesting fact I came across: the UK government destroyed their biometric ID database a few years ago https://www.gov.uk/government/news/id-card-database-destroyed https://www.gov.uk/government/news/id-card-database-destroye...
• sctb 9y ago
  Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14257141 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14257141