In an unprecedented move that has civil libertarians horrified, India has created an identification system that scans the fingerprints, eyes and faces of its residents and connects the gathered information to everything from welfare benefits and entitlements to cell phones.
The program, called Aadhaar, is being viewed by many as something straight out of George Orwell’s famous book 1984. It is Big Brother on steroids, and the potential for governmental abuse in India has seldom been higher than it is right now.
Already, the people of India are starting to feel the negative effects of the intrusive Aadhaar program...read more>>>...
