I disagree with the assessment. It seems like any form in which the government tries to identify you is being compared to the scary Orwellian dystopia. There is no cost benefit analysis. Sure it could be misused, however it can also be used in a super beneficial way. India is a country where some Indians have never obatained birth certificates, there was no equivalent SSN system, often resources are poorly distribute…
I am fully sincere about it.
Straight up Aadhar has hurt our constitution. IT was initially run without ANY legal protections or aegis.
Later it was retroactively Okayed via a money bill.
It has rarely been used for its intended purpose, but instead it has terminal feature creep and support from the state to enter every sphere of life.
The state govts are now making their own mirrored data bases of Aadhar data, which last I checked is not covered by the Aadhar law.
The aadhar agency is the only agency which can take cognizance of Aadhar offenses - making the agency its own judge and jury.
Aadhar was never meant for scam protection or prevention - take a look at the claims of the Aadhar agency.
They use clever tactics to appear to be enablers, but when put on the spot they reduce their job to "we just authenticate biometric requests" - moving the onus and responsibility for any leaks or misuse to other agencies.