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Re: India goes digital

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Post by arihant » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

_nedR wrote: post #33

arihant wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I investigated further. It works fine on Mac and Windows 8.1. Apparently your operating system doesn't support the CA yet. I don't have Ubuntu, but I do have a linux based system, and it fails there too. They are using a relatively new sub-CA of e-Mudhra, so it will appear everywhere soon, I believe. If you're really willing to use it now, SHA1 of verified certificate is 56 7F 2D B5 7E 31 BC E5 6C 5C 8C 3B 80 44 AA 2…

The Certificate seems to be verified by a "Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd." Speaking as an Indian, I am not sure i would trust a CA run by a company that is close to the Indian govt. (whose record on corruption and civil liberties isn't exactly stellar).

The whole point of the CA system is that there is no place for personal opinion on which CA to trust, as long as they make it to your operating system. The audits they go through far trumps the hand waiving you just did.

Re: India goes digital

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 8:21 PM UTC

middleclick wrote: post #8

firefoxNX11 wrote: post #2

How does this work for NRIs? How do I get Aadhaar number?

I don't know how you can get one but you shouldn't get it. Do you really want to give all your fingerprints and retina scans to the government when you know how it can be misused in a country like India which is a police state? I bet there is no oversight in getting access to your information and there are tons of ways in which your information can be misused/exploited.

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Re: India goes digital

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Post by dang » Sun, Mar 08, 2015, 8:23 PM UTC

middleclick wrote: post #36

sumitviii wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>when you know how it can be misused in a country like India which is a police state Do you have anything resembling a proof for the utter BS you just wrote?

Haha. Do we have a "nationalist" here who seems to be hurt? Do you need proof India is a police state? OK. Do you know the police can arrest you from your home without a warrant? Do you know they can get your call records without a warrant? Do you know they keep people in prison overnight without access to a lawyer? Do you know they can search your home without a warrant? Do you know they can arrest anyone without gi…

> a country like India which is a police state

> Haha. Do we have a "nationalist" here who seems to be hurt?

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Re: India goes digital

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Post by enupten » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 9:51 PM UTC

middleclick wrote: post #8

firefoxNX11 wrote: post #2

How does this work for NRIs? How do I get Aadhaar number?

I don't know how you can get one but you shouldn't get it. Do you really want to give all your fingerprints and retina scans to the government when you know how it can be misused in a country like India which is a police state? I bet there is no oversight in getting access to your information and there are tons of ways in which your information can be misused/exploited.

India, a police state ? You're kidding, right ?

It's government is supremely incompetant, but a evil police state, it is not. If anything, it is a functioning anarchy with a - largely - parasitic Government.