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

Citizens don't have absolute right over their bodies: Govt of India(dailyo.in)

9 points by chdir 9 years ago | 5 comments

firasd 9 years ago |

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...

sctb 9 years ago |

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14257141

abrown28 9 years ago |

It's the same in the US

plandis 9 years ago | |

And in any European country that utilizes fingerprinting, etc...

Did you have a point in specifically calling out the US?

falcolas 9 years ago | | |

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).