It is reported that India has withdrawn a warning requiring users not to share copies of their national biometric identity cards. Many of them pointed out that this is the first time they have heard of this possibility A regional office of uidai, which oversees the national biometric system aadhaar, warned users on Friday that unauthorized private entities such as hotels and theatres are not allowed to collect or retain copies of aadhaar
Aadhaa is a unique 12 digit number associated with personal fingerprints and retinal scans. People should avoid sharing copies of their aadhaar to prevent abuse.
This warning immediately aroused wide personal repercussions.
According to the official data of the Indian government, about 1.33 billion people in the country have registered with aadhaar, an identity recognition system launched about 13 years ago. This scale of adoption makes aadhaar the largest biometric identity system in the world.
Although aadhaar is touted as one of the most advanced identity recognition systems in the world, critics are worried about the expansion of its use cases. Although New Delhi promotes aadhaar as a "voluntary" identity recognition system, it is compulsorily used in some daily life services.
On Sunday afternoon, the Indian Ministry of electronics and information technology played down the warning after the rebound, saying that the initial warning was issued by the Bangalore Regional Office of uidai in order to spread the awareness that the aadhaar card in the photo may be abused.
In addition, it added: "however, in view of the possibility that the press release may be misunderstood, the same content has been withdrawn with immediate effect. It is only recommended that the aadhaar card holders issued by uidai maintain normal caution when using and sharing their uidai aadhaar numbers. The aadhaar identity authentication ecosystem has provided sufficient functions to protect and protect the identity and privacy of aadhaar holders."