1.1 Babus Resist Biometric Attendance Guerrilla Style.
2.1 Free Mobile Internet Launches in India
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1.1 Babus Resist Biometric Attendance Guerrilla Style (25/1/2015)
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to set right India’s babudom are showing tell-tale signs of resistance. It appears the bureaucrats have declared a guerrilla warfare against Modi’s discipline drive.
In less than two months of the implementation of the PM’s pet project, biometric attendance systems (BAS), over 50 such machines, which were installed in various ministries to record entry and exit time of government officials, have been found damaged or even stolen under mysterious circumstances.
Annoyed with the attitude of the bureaucrats, the Director General, National Informatics Centre, who is a joint secretary rank officer in the Ministry of Communication and IT, Ajay Kumar, has written a note to all nodal officers and NIC coordinators expressing serious concern over the behaviour of the government employees.
Historically, national ID systems have been used to discriminate against people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion and political views. The use of national IDs to enforce immigration laws invites discrimination that targets minorities. There is little evidence to support the argument that national IDs reduce crime. Instead, these systems create incentives for identity theft and widespread use of false identities by criminals. National ID cards allow different types of identifying information stored in different databases to be linked and analyzed, creating extreme risks to data security. Administration of ID programs are often outsourced to unaccountable companies. Private sector security threat models assume that at any one time, one per cent of company employees are willing to sell or trade confidential information for personal gain.
2.1 Free Mobile Internet Launches in India
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1.1 Babus Resist Biometric Attendance Guerrilla Style (25/1/2015)
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to set right India’s babudom are showing tell-tale signs of resistance. It appears the bureaucrats have declared a guerrilla warfare against Modi’s discipline drive.
In less than two months of the implementation of the PM’s pet project, biometric attendance systems (BAS), over 50 such machines, which were installed in various ministries to record entry and exit time of government officials, have been found damaged or even stolen under mysterious circumstances.
Annoyed with the attitude of the bureaucrats, the Director General, National Informatics Centre, who is a joint secretary rank officer in the Ministry of Communication and IT, Ajay Kumar, has written a note to all nodal officers and NIC coordinators expressing serious concern over the behaviour of the government employees.
Why You Should Oppose National ID Regimes
Mandatory national ID cards violate essential civil liberties. They increase the power of authorities to reduce your freedoms to those granted by the card. If a national ID is required for employment, you could be fired and your employer fined if you fail to present your papers. People without ID cards can be denied the right to purchase property, open a bank account or receive government benefits. National identity systems present difficult choices about who can request to see an ID card and for what purpose. Mandatory IDs significantly expand police powers. Police with the authority to demand ID is invariably granted the power to detain people who cannot produce one. Many countries lack legal safeguards to prevent abuse of this power.Historically, national ID systems have been used to discriminate against people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion and political views. The use of national IDs to enforce immigration laws invites discrimination that targets minorities. There is little evidence to support the argument that national IDs reduce crime. Instead, these systems create incentives for identity theft and widespread use of false identities by criminals. National ID cards allow different types of identifying information stored in different databases to be linked and analyzed, creating extreme risks to data security. Administration of ID programs are often outsourced to unaccountable companies. Private sector security threat models assume that at any one time, one per cent of company employees are willing to sell or trade confidential information for personal gain.
Biometrics Identifiers in a National ID Scheme are Irrational and Unnecessary
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There is no need to label human beings. We are on the planet for a short time, let us live and die with our dignity intact.
I. Selvaraj, IITM, 72
2.1 Free Mobile Internet Launches In India (10/2/2015)
Facebook’s Internet.org project to provide basic mobile internet services for free just took its biggest step to date after it launched in India.
The service, which is run by non-profit organization Internet.org with input from a number of telecom industry partners, has thus far been available in a handful of Africa countries and Colombia, but now it is making its way to India’s billion-plus population.
The app isn’t available to the full Indian population yet, since Facebook partnered with operator Reliance to offer free access to Internet.org sites in an initial six states: Tamil Nadu, Mahararashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, and Telangana. That’s the first step on a path to “provide internet access to more than a billion people in India who aren’t yet connected,” Facebook said in a statement.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/
3.1 Bab (2/3/2015)
2.1 Free Mobile Internet Launches In India (10/2/2015)
Facebook’s Internet.org project to provide basic mobile internet services for free just took its biggest step to date after it launched in India.
The service, which is run by non-profit organization Internet.org with input from a number of telecom industry partners, has thus far been available in a handful of Africa countries and Colombia, but now it is making its way to India’s billion-plus population.
The app isn’t available to the full Indian population yet, since Facebook partnered with operator Reliance to offer free access to Internet.org sites in an initial six states: Tamil Nadu, Mahararashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, and Telangana. That’s the first step on a path to “provide internet access to more than a billion people in India who aren’t yet connected,” Facebook said in a statement.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/
3.1 Bab (2/3/2015)
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