The first part of this comment may be off topic for this specific article. The Aadhaar (unique ID) program in India is a bungling mess of hardware and software

The first part of this comment may be off topic for this specific article. The Aadhaar (unique ID) program in India is a bungling mess of hardware and software that has excluded millions of people from their legally entitled welfare benefits, helped leak more personal and sensitive information than ever before and is being touted by the government (and its supporters) as India moving into the "developed world club." The central biometrics database and the entire system have never been audited in all these years of its existence. There have been no security related tests done. There are no strict policies for third party agents to follow (just a bunch of loose guidelines, including nonsensical ones like "Windows XP is a supported OS"). Governments are eager to use technology as if it were a magic wand that could cure all the ills around, without understanding what the technology is about, what its limitations are, how it could be misused, the issues that arise on misuse, etc. Technology is just a tool. It can be lousy or good, and in either case it can be put to use in different ways that have detrimental effects on an entire country (or state). Governments need to be competent and capable agents first and foremost, and that's missing in many places. The gullibility of some governments and government agencies are taken advantage of by others.