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Citizens don't have absolute right over their bodies: Govt of India

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Re: Citizens don't have absolute right over their bodies: Govt of India

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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...

Re: Citizens don't have absolute right over their bodies: Govt of India

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It's the same in the US

And in any European country that utilizes fingerprinting, etc... Did you have a point in specifically calling out the US?

Well, at least in the US, it goes beyond fingerprinting and into what kinds of procedures you can have done to you (such as experimental drug treatments).