(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
In 2009 began the high-tech, biometric census of India. To date, 1,2 billions of Indians have been assigned an identification number, and with it been registered in the Aadhaar system. This means that 99 percent of India's adult population has been registered. The identification number is linked to the residence, face photo, ten fingerprints and two iris scanned images. The project was made compulsory for all Indians – including Dalits and other classless – by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
For those who are not registered in the database, it has become almost impossible to open a bank account, obtain a credit card or telephone number. Renowned human rights lawyer Shyam Divan has sued against the Aadhaar project. The case has not been finally decided in the Supreme Court, but the banks and telephone companies have set 1. April as the deadline: If you are not registered in the database by then, your account and phone will be blocked. "All government inhibitions have disappeared in terms of technical use of surveillance," warns Amnesty International in a statement. When do we put the digital foot down?
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