abhishivsaxena

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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Totally agree. And much of the violence being attributed to Burmese forces is just hearsay attributed to Islamists. Western media/NGOs seems to buy it at face value and support these said Islamist, but hey they also supported ISIS affi
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Really? What did you have for lunch today? All the herbivores in Animal Kingdom would disagree with that statement.
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Please look at per capita emissions of India compared to other countries before making such statements. Wonder how Indians do a damage to the enviornment, by having the lowest per capita emissions on planet. FYI - https://en.wiki
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> 1) a biometric data base (and biometrics I decry in particular) true > 2) which is being used to unify all databases false. And also FUD. PAN can be used for more tacking that Aadhaar. > 3) including things which it is not suppos
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> Is your bank responsible for your peacekeeping and policing ? It is not. So you are fine with the bank having your name/dob/gender. But don't want the government to have it? In case you don't know, govt already know
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
KYC was a part of Aadhaar from day one. I assume you are implying someone can determine your religion, caste and more by using your name. If you signup for a bank account or a mobile company, they would have your name/dob in any case -
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
You can ask aadhaar to dispatch notifications to you every time an authentiction happens. Non govt agencies need your consent to get your data, if you don't want that just don't authenticate. The article suggests that government i
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> I mentioned elsewhere that centralized anti-corruption programs have a terrible track record for a reason. If you couldn't count on your institutions to prevent corruption, you cannot count on them to prevent abuse of power. Given
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> Right back at you. I may have a choice when using a commercial service but why is the government forcing me to have an Aadhaar if I never intend to use it? Mostly only if you want subsidies. If you are talking about the PAN linkage, yo
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
That could be more because your tone, making unsubstantiated claims etc. Instead if you want to blame some national party for it, it's you choice. FYI I don't have downvotes powers. Btw, I got donwvotes too. But I'm blaming a
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Ok, I apologise. Shouldn't have used that word.
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187768-c5431/Italy:Sim.C... > Purchasing a SIM in Italy requires presentation of proper identification, such as valid passport or European ID card This conversation just illu
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> It all sounds familiar when you know privacy concerns of Chinese humanitarians - read great firewall of internet. That has nothing to do wit Aadhaar or India. All European nations require an ID to get a mobile connection. That risk wou
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> (Looking up in internet) Latest use of aadhar seems to be in mobile internet via Jio telecom - they've used aadhar as identification. How is this not dystopian ? with most of country relying on mobile internet alone and state know
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Also payment startups are at the fore front of the Anti Aadhaar lobbying effort, since Aadhaar based payments + UPI essentially cut the middleman out - NO MDR anymore! And it makes sense. Would you want a private company like ApplePay/
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Mister, I just made a point by point rebuttal to the obvious and glaring flaws in your arguments. If you can't stand when someone does that to you, I apologise.
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
But if we don't believe in any statistics what else is to debate? That's the point I was bringing up, that there seems to me much conjecture and not much facts being brought up by Anti-Aadhaar lobby. I think enrollment started in
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
> Second, lets talk about privacy. Fine there is a new card. Why do they need iris scans and finger prints? What is the need? That too in a government infrastructure which is surely not protecting it properly - http://www.live
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
SSN/TIN is required to open a bank account. Like it's in every other country. Or to get welfare payments. It's kind of common-sense. To give welfare to someone, you first need to identify them.
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Aadhaar was supported by the previous government. This government continued it. Most of India is unwavered in their support, since they see the benefits of getting instant bank account or food subsidy. And not being forced to stand in a lin
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
So when you said "intimate details" you meant logs. Ok. Btw, Aadhaar doesn't store for what you authenticating, or where you are authenticating. That's another lie you are using to fear monger. But in the end it doesn&#x
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Contrary is also true. How fear mongering and condescending attitude towards others can make you delusional to not see the facts in plain sight.
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Really. So anyone can physically break into an archiving unit, steal someone's BC, change some details and use it get benefits/fraud? And the victim wouldn't even get a hint? Sounds very dangerous! I have my details saved in
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
93% in 2015 according to UIDAI - http://www.firstpost.com/india/about-93-percent-of-adults-in... 99% in 2017 according to the the minister - http://www.thehindu.com/business/Aadhaar-covers-99-of-ad
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
How come you don't know that 99% adults have Aaadhaar in India at last count? Or if you knew still decided to raise this point.
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Aadhaar has the same data that your US birth certificate has. Name/DOB/gender/Address-if-available. Unless I'm mistaken everyone in US has a Birth Certificate. EDIT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR EDIT An birth certificate is also a
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
1) Fingerprints are harder to fake than what's being used currently - signatures and xerox 2) Fine. Don't authenticate with Aadhaar when you go to get a commercial service. Why force you choice on me? And the info they get is name
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by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
OMG Mozilla. No wonder open internet is in such a bad shape when we have you leading it. 1) Aadhaar is not fundamentally different than a National ID which every other country in this world has. India not only lacked it, out birth registrat
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by abhishivsaxena 10y ago
Can anyone please suggest an OSS variant in this space? I would kill to use something like this, but for my use case has to be OSS.
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by abhishivsaxena 10y ago
Check gingko, which is more focussed on docs, but is a tree editor at its core. https://gingkoapp.com/ Used it at university for notes, and is great for quick revisions before the exams too!

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