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Unpacking the compromises of Aadhaar, and other digital identities inspired by it

(Governments around the world are implementing digital identity programs that don't work) Aadhaar is India's national biometric identity database, with over one billion records comprising fingerprints, iris scans and basic demographic information. It is presented as identity technology, allowing an individual to identify themselves, but also as an identification technology, allowing the state to see an individual, identify fraudulent welfare beneficiaries, and thus realise savings. These claims are not complementary. They are in fact contradictory, compromising each other. If one must be true, the other must somehow be false, and this is the reality of Aadhaar.

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  • Originally Aired December 30, 2019
  • Runtime 40 minutes
  • Production Code 10885
  • Created December 29, 2019 by
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  • Modified December 29, 2019 by
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