An identity for all: India ID project fights dust, doubt

Yahoo News ^ | Wed Apr 28, | Rina Chandran

[EBH]

MUMBAI (Reuters) – As India gears up to build the largest biometric database in the world with the aim of providing most of its 1.2 billion citizens a Unique Identification (UID), perhaps the biggest challenge is smudged fingerprints.

The UID Authority of India will issue the first UIDs linked to a person's demographic and biometric information between August and February, and issue about 600 million such IDs over the next five years to help verify citizens quickly and cheaply. It will be a boon for companies and government agencies alike.

It would give millions of Indians the means to open a bank account, buy a mobile phone, and access welfare services easily, while saving companies and government agencies the expensive and time-consuming process of verifying and establishing identities

[EBH]

I am posting this because I want everyone to consider the real reasons behind a National ID card. It is not immigration, it is socialism. Every country is going to market these cards to their citizens as a benefit. India is marketing them as a boon for their welfare system.

America is marketing it as an immigration stop-gap measure. Every database from the IRS, to healthcare, to financial, to your Voter ID, to your drivers license is going to be hooked up to this ID!

All of that government sharing is against their our own Privacy Act Laws.

[EBH]

National ID Cards Included in Dem Immigration Bill

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/95231-democrats-pledge-to-move-toward-a-2010-vote-on-immigration ^

[algernonpj]

All of that government sharing is against their our own Privacy Act Laws.

Not only that but who is going to ensure the accuracy, security, and integrity of the data base(s). How are errors going to be addressed? Ask anyone who tries to fix an error on their driver's license or stop an automatic withdrawal from their checking account how much fun that is.