+1 I recently saw a demo of the "Aadhaar" project by Indian government in Nasscom Product Conclave event (in Bangalore). I was a skeptic & still am wary about

+1 I recently saw a demo of the "Aadhaar" project by Indian government in Nasscom Product Conclave event (in Bangalore). I was a skeptic & still am wary about security aspects of something at this scale by government. But I was quite impressed by the progress & the use cases [1] themselves. They showed in real time, how a bank account authentication can be completed without bringing any other document. Just IRIS scanner on a phone / tablet, that confirmed the identify of user by returning a photograph & other details. It was done in seconds with a 3G network. There were a few other use cases demonstrated and was pleasantly surprised to learn there are companies in valley that are building services on top of the API. [2] [1] Overview of Aadhaar service: https://resident.uidai.net.in/aadhaar-services;jsessionid=B1B0ABF71B01A60E809E838B27770736.RES32 https://resident.uidai.net.in/aadhaar-services;jsessionid=B1... [2] API: https://developer.uidai.gov.in/site/book/export/html/18 https://developer.uidai.gov.in/site/book/export/html/18