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> They are bound to respond to an RTI inquiry. Their past behaviour has not been good [1]. Trust is the whole problem. Many like you trust this government (wh

> They are bound to respond to an RTI inquiry. Their past behaviour has not been good [1]. Trust is the whole problem. Many like you trust this government (why is something I can't understand, other than their effective propaganda, but let's leave it at that). But there are many who don't. It's not just about privacy, it's also about things like fear, religious profiling, autocratic tendencies, curbing of freedoms. It's also not about just the current government, but of governments to come. A non-mandatory aadhar would give those who don't trust the system a choice to remain out of its programmes and perhaps voluntarily pay higher costs or forego any benefits. But this government has not given any such choice. It's deeply discomforting to be forced to give all this information to an entity one doesn't trust. [1]: https://thewire.in/146791/uidai-invokes-national-security-reject-rti-query-fake-duplicate-aadhaar-cards/ https://thewire.in/146791/uidai-invokes-national-security-re...

intended 9y ago
As I stated elsewhere in this thread - Treating the Aadhar authority as a partisan object is to make a mistake. It was conceived by the Congress, and as an agency, it is designed to survive all normal parties which come to power. It is more an arm of the Government of India, its bureaucracy and underlying machinery - than a political function of whoever is the ruling party at the time. To discuss of it in terms of parties, is to pretty much fall into one of its defensive design patterns - because this agency is designed to appeal to any party in power. A significant amount of design and political thought has gone into this agency, and in the way it has strategically expanded its remit and powers. In short - UIDAI was designed from to avoid the political pitfalls of modern India and exist forever. Its only real weakness is scrutiny of its results and methods, and its eventual necessity to handle actual crisis. Do note, that this has already been planned for, because the Agency is designed to push responsibility away from itself, - instead it gives people the ability to use their APIs and take the responsibility on themselves.

intended 9y ago

As I stated elsewhere in this thread - Treating the Aadhar authority as a partisan object is to make a mistake. It was conceived by the Congress, and as an agency, it is designed to survive all normal parties which come to power. It is more an arm of the Government of India, its bureaucracy and underlying machinery - than a political function of whoever is the ruling party at the time. To discuss of it in terms of parties, is to pretty much fall into one of its defensive design patterns - because this agency is designed to appeal to any party in power. A significant amount of design and political thought has gone into this agency, and in the way it has strategically expanded its remit and powers. In short - UIDAI was designed from to avoid the political pitfalls of modern India and exist forever. Its only real weakness is scrutiny of its results and methods, and its eventual necessity to handle actual crisis. Do note, that this has already been planned for, because the Agency is designed to push responsibility away from itself, - instead it gives people the ability to use their APIs and take the responsibility on themselves.