Biometric IDs For Every Indian Citizen

wiedzmin writes "This month, officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), armed with fingerprinting machines, iris scanners and cameras hooked to laptops, will fan out across the towns and villages of southern Andhra Pradesh state in the first phase of the project whose aim is to give every Indian a lifelong Unique ID (UID) number for 'anytime, anywhere' biometric authentication. While enrolling with the UIDAI may be voluntary, other agencies and service providers might require a UID number in order to transact business. Usha Ramanathan, a prominent legal expert who is attached to the Center for the Study of Developing Societies in the national capital, said that, 'taken to its logical limit, the UID project will make it impossible, in a couple of years, for an ordinary citizen to undertake a simple task such as traveling within the country without a UID number.' Next step, tying that UID number and biometric information to to their RIM BlackBerry PIN number."

Wow glad America doesn't do business with India

[HockeyGuy]

thats really special they want to Biometric id a billion people Im sure that won't be used in anyway to reflect the cast system in india.... you know like those people with pay as you go instead of iPhones. Im so glad America doesn't do any business in India can you imagine what would happen if they had access to all of our personal information?

Re:Numbers

[nion]

Do you REALLY want to be tied to [e-mail] for the rest of your life?

So what happens when....

[Gunfighter]

... someone forgets to use unsigned instead of signed and you end up wrapping around to being a negative person?

What to call it

[bradorsomething]

I propose we call it the Caste'r-Card.

That way every checkpoint can require Caste'r-Card and Visa to get in.

Re:Duplicate names and birthday do not serve well

[Jedi Alec]

As soon as the zebra's get together and hire machine gunners to defend their watering holes from lions, they're going to need some sort of way to determine that all the zebra's chipped in to pay for it.

Then again, they'll probably just use some sort of barcode scanner.

Re:Troll article

[RivenAleem]

What exactly is wrong with having a Unique ID number?

People with lower UIDs end up with a superiority complex.

Re:Social security number

[horatiocain]

Hahahahaha, wait - you got shot, bandaged the wound, went to the ER, gave them a fake address, argued with the nurse, stepped out for a smoke break. Would you say this is a typical day for you?