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0 pointssamblr8y ago0 comments

>> It's used as KYC - Know your Customer - for getting the JIO connection

Ok, I am Jio SIM company. So I have your aadhar KYC or a xerox of your aadhar card as well. How as a citizen, can you trust me (a private company) to not pass your web activity to state. eg: say you are an NGO using JIO sim and is working for getting rid of big corruption in state. How will you ensure my company and state will not track your every web activity ? It all sounds familiar when you know privacy concerns of Chinese humanitarians - read great firewall of internet.

>> It's the world's biggest democracy for 70 years now.

How does being biggest in numbers help in democracy ? Democracy is pretty old my friend. 70 years is again a very small age in democracy.

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abhishivsaxena8y 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 would exist in any country Aadhaar or no Aadhaar. What's your point?

> How does being biggest in numbers help in democracy ? Democracy is pretty old my friend. 70 years is again a very small age in democracy.

Mister because it show the strength of democratic institutions and freedom in a country. Even when compared to richer european nations like Spain/Portugal. Please look at freedom house rating for asian nations before being so condescending.

samblrOP8y ago

I have worked in two Western European countries and none required me to provide any Id lest alone unique id.

As I see you are doing BS.

dang8y ago

> As I see you are doing BS.

This violates the HN guidelines. Please edit such incivility out of your comments here. Your first sentence was just fine.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

abhishivsaxena8y 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 illustrate the quality of arguments Anti Aadhaar lobby has in this thread.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointssamblr8y ago0 comments

>> It's used as KYC - Know your Customer - for getting the JIO connection

>> It's the world's biggest democracy for 70 years now.

How does being biggest in numbers help in democracy ? Democracy is pretty old my friend. 70 years is again a very small age in democracy.

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abhishivsaxena8y 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 would exist in any country Aadhaar or no Aadhaar. What's your point?

> How does being biggest in numbers help in democracy ? Democracy is pretty old my friend. 70 years is again a very small age in democracy.

samblrOP8y ago

I have worked in two Western European countries and none required me to provide any Id lest alone unique id.

As I see you are doing BS.

dang8y ago

> As I see you are doing BS.

This violates the HN guidelines. Please edit such incivility out of your comments here. Your first sentence was just fine.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

abhishivsaxena8y 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 illustrate the quality of arguments Anti Aadhaar lobby has in this thread.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse