Between this biometric ID system (Aaadhaar) and demonetization, India is a great example of how quickly utopian tech ideas that appeal to corporations become tools of government authoritarianism.
I wrote about this here: https://hackernoon.com/i-boycott-paytm-5df93d189356
And I like this article about the general issue: http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-tech...
Interesting fact I came across: the UK government destroyed their biometric ID database a few years ago https://www.gov.uk/government/news/id-card-database-destroye...
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14257141
It's the same in the US
Between this biometric ID system (Aaadhaar) and demonetization, India is a great example of how quickly utopian tech ideas that appeal to corporations become tools of government authoritarianism.
I wrote about this here: https://hackernoon.com/i-boycott-paytm-5df93d189356
And I like this article about the general issue: http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-tech...
Interesting fact I came across: the UK government destroyed their biometric ID database a few years ago https://www.gov.uk/government/news/id-card-database-destroye...