Is the Aadhaar database secured enough?

Today the topic on which I want to share my views with you people is "The Security of Aadhar Database".

As we all know that Aadhar is an unique identification Id maintained by UIDAI and comissioned by GOI and because of this particular document we are free from the past hazards of carrying multiple documents for verification, in one word Aadhar itself is sufficient and nowadays necessary to prove your identity.

Now, coming to the database, what does it contain?!

Well again we all know that it contains almost all private documents of a particular individual in association with their digital record of biometric data like finger print and retina print.

From the recent orders it is mandatory to link one's PAN and Bank accounts with their Aadhar number. So, these all are saved there in a digital cloud storage which is secured until a hacker with improved coding skills comes into picture.

Whatever, now lets discuss the possible problems that we may face,

1. The. Pdf version of Aadhar card is usually a password proteced, although the format of the password is same for everyone and its readily available in internet (the format of the password which consists some details that can be easily known like DOB, Pincode of residence etc) , so, its highly possible one can open your. Pdf Aadhar card.

2. Nowadays, there is a new business named data business where they breach the personal databases and share those with their clients, as an example I should point out the recent case of the personal data breach of our very own MS Dhoni (Indian Cricketer) even renowned MNC's like again our very own Facebook is not out of the list.

3. If someday a hacker with insane hacking skills is able to breach the security of the database manager then guess what! All the private details along with the economic details are gone to him/her.

Now, to be practical even after getting this much details they will not be able to do any harm untill you are alert yourself, because for any transactions they will be needing the Otp that has been shared with only your own mobile number. So, if you are dumbass enough to give them that detail then you are wasted, that was your fault too.

Keeping apart the fact that such technology has not been developed till now to read the messages of someone else's cellphone without accesing that.

Till now the technology has been evolved upto the extent that if a particular application is installed in your device then that application can read and send your messages to a third party, so again you need to be intelligent enough to justify which application to keep and which not to.

Remember one thing, we the human built the technology so, this technology shouldn't be more intelligent than us, jokes apart, be alert to have a secured life both in analog and digital world.

Thank you.

To talk about this I have checked and found the below information:.

Government states that-.

1. The UIDAI has established two large-scale data centres to ensure complete security of data and applications, and it regularly conducts audits by reputed third-party agencies to keep its systems and processes up to date.

2. Aadhaar platform is built mostly on open source technologies, with propriety technologies being used only where necessary. In general terms, we can say that no private contractors may sell/steal the data.

3. Encryption uses the highest available public key cryptography encryption (PKI-2048 and AES-256).

4. While adopting any propriety software for biometrics, the design approach followed by the UIDAI is to have multiple vendors in an architectural layer, with a payment model put in place such that the vendors are had been given incentives to improve quality, accuracy and speed. These vendors or their services can be replaced if they do not meet stringent service level agreements. More than 100 different companies are involved in groundwork, so that monopoly doesn\'t become an issue.

Having said that, there were a lot of scams happened earlier and many advanced software has many made to steal data. The recent news is "Traders buy bio-metric data for Rs. 15000", but they have been caught as our police was investigating that how they get such software.

With the above information, I feel that the everything is spoof-able. I've read in one of the articles which state that even an iPhone has also promised complete security but it takes just 24 hours by the hackers Mark Rogers and Jan Krissler to unlock it. I'm personally not convinced with the thought that Aadhar database is 100% secured enough.

However, I want to advise some of the prevention:

1. Please don't share your Adhar number with other people.

2. Never share you Adhar copy and if you are using so just self-attest it and mention the reason for which.

That Aadhar copy has been used.

I also want to provide a very useful information here that UIDAI has provided a feature to lock/unlock. You can lock your Aadhaar card after that no one can be able to read that data through anyway, and it's vice versa even you can you can also unlock it whenever it's required.

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Aadhar has become a crucial part of our life in India and a reason to be an Indian citizen.

Advantages of Aadhar:
* Aadhar has become a unique identity for every Indian citizen.
* Using Aadhar, official work gets detailed information of address and personal proofs.
* Linking Aadhar to different banks and government offices enabled sharing of data to unique
profile.
* Ease of registering personal mobile numbers using Aadhar card.
* A common basic identification format on card enable quick verification of address, name,
photo and birthdate of a person.
* Updating personal details on government sites has became easy to edit for all government
branches.

Is it secure?
* According to right to privacy, government acts opposite to the rights.
* Colleges, institutions and various fields asking for Aadhar details have access to basic
information of us.
* Losing an Aadhar card means losing of our personal information.
* Buying something using someone else Aadhar details is an offence but yet this is not yet
secured because usage or linking Aadhar doesn't send confirmation mail or SMS to the
person.
* It has high risk of personal data leakage.

Solution to the problems:
* Government should use it as only basic info container instead of allowing linkage of Aadhar
to private institutes and various places.
* After losing Aadhar card, a quick link to disable the card should be available and a new card
should be generated simultaneously after a period of time.
* Mobile application giving access to our personal Aadhar card must be launched to link or
unlink un-official's places.
* Sharing of data to any official or unofficial should be transparent for person.

Concluding this topic has given us a brief information about how harmful a data breach could be if government doesn't improve Aadhar security issues.
Thank you!

Good Morning.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to give my opinion to this amazing topic. Is the Aadhaar database secured enough?

First of all, I want to explain the feature of Aadhaar card, Aadhar card is the combination of our all the documentary evidence that include our biometric information such as fingerprints, eye scan, etc. Our other documents like pan card, voter id, passport, bank passbook, etc. Are linked to Aadhaar card so we don't need to carry these card along with us. Because government providing the facility to us ''one nation one card''. It is secured for the general public that no one can get the personal identity of an individual, without his prior permission, because it is linked to the mobile number of the user, if anyone tries to log in then automatically a message prompt to this registered mobile number and user will be notified. Even if anyone try to do any banking transactions with Aadhaar card it requires users fingerprints. So in this sense, we can say it is OK. But, If I think about the security of the Aadhaar database, In one word, I can say it is also secured, But I can't say it is cen percent secured. Because recently a news we hared that a website leaked over 5 lakhs Aadhaar card's data, and then the government has banned the website. If I say the security of Aadhaar database in this point of view I can say, if the Aadhaar database is secured enough then how can the data get leaked. Keeping in mind these things the government of India has to reserve more cyber security experts in the system of the Aadhaar database. So in my opinion, It's OK but not completely secured.

Thank you.

Hello everyone.

First of all, Thanks for giving an opportunity to share my point of view so today's topic is related to "security of Aadhar card ". Is it secure or not?

As far as we know UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) is responsible for issuing aadhar cards in India. Recently RTI (Right To Information) which is fundamental right under Article 19 (1) of constitution claim that biometric database is being accessed by foreign firms but UIDAI refuted all allegations related to this and said that Aadhar biometric information is protected by best available security and data is stored in its secured centre no one even employees can access that information. There are also some firewall and software to ensure no incident happens.

Whatever it is, let's discuss some problem we might face in daily life.

1. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory authority of India) chairman RS Sharma challengers hackers to hack aadhar number publicly on Twitter. Within one hour hackers put bank account details, Pan card number, mobile number. So we can see it is safe and secured it's his fault who gave his aadhar number. But one I want to drag your attention that supposes hackers find your details but they can't do any harm until or unless you give OTP (One Time Password) because for any transaction they need OTP and they can't access your phone without your knowledge this could be possible if you are dumbass. Nowadays there is no such technology invented that will help you to find OTP without concerned people's knowledge. So be aware and be conscious everything will be fine.

Thanks.

Aadhaar database can be hacked easily if a smart hacker wants, but will he get any benefit from this or not? Suppose he get the details from your Aadhaar then what will he do ?, he can only contact you just to get some extra confidential detail which you won't share. The procedure of OTP (one-time-password), secures many networks which creates a barrier for hackers to hack anyone account because at last, they want OTP. Yes, Aadhaar card no may be publically available but UIAOI claims that Aadhaar is just like any other id like phone no, therefore, is never to be treated as a confidential document. By simply knowing someone's Aadhaar, no one can impersonate and harm him because Aadhaar alone is not sufficient, it requires biometrics to authenticate one's identity. Aadhar launched by the government of India has reached almost every part of India and almost every Indian are registered under it. The government has made Aadahar compulsory for many things like a bank account, Pan card and many more. Almost every scheme and programme launched by the government requires Aadhar for it. But don't you all think that the Indian government is making Aadhaar card necessary or mandatory in each and every governing field. And if we are having our PAN card for the transaction of money then what is the need of Aadhaar card for the same, one disadvantage of Aadhaar card is that it is making things complicated.

Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued to Indian citizens by the Central government. It is issued and managed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Aadhaar card is essentially an identification document issued by the UIDAI after it records and verifies every resident Indian citizen's details including biometric and demographic data.

Aadhaar is not meant to replace existing identification documents like PAN, passport, driving license etc. However, it can be used as a single identification document.

Banks, financial institutions and telecom companies can also use it as a Know-Your-Customer (KYC) verification mode and maintain profiles.

Opening Bank Accounts.

Aadhar Cards can come in handy when opening a bank account. The document can be used for KYC, identification and verification purposes. Financial institutions and banks consider Aadhaar Cards as a valid address and photo ID proofs during the time of opening a bank account.

Disbursing Provident Fund.

Individuals who link their Aadhar Card to their Pension Accounts can have their provident fund disbursed directly to their accounts through their PF organisation.

LPG Subsidy.

By linking the Aadhaar number to the 17 digit LPG ID, users will be able to avail the LPG subsidy directly in their respective bank accounts.

Hello everyone,

In my opinion, the Aadhaar database is secured enough by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) which is government based security provided to secure our personal databases. The government decided that one nation one card is an Aadhar card hence no need to carry different cards as we previously did.

Nowadays due to digitalization in India, cybercrime is rising day by day but this is not due to the leaking of information in the Aadhar database it's happening due to the careless nature of some persons. Our Aadhar database is secured by our unique fingerprint so no one can hack it unless we provide our biometric. For accessing our information which is given by us in the Aadhar database OTP is needed which comes on our Aadhar linked mobile number unless we didn't provide this OTP none can get our personal information.

Some fraud peoples are there who asks OTP and make fool to us. But don't provide them OTP otherwise they will do false transactions or hack our database hence be careful nowadays while communicating with unknown or sometimes known persons too.

Don't misuse anyone your personal data or information.

The government already provided security to our database so we should be careful while using any online mode.

Thanks.

Aadhar is a unique identification issued to us by the government of India. It alone is enough to identify a person as it contains your biometrics and retinal scan and all the other details. Thus, it is hard to copy or fake it.

Earlier we had to carry a hige pile of documents to confirm our identity but with the introduction of aadhar cards, it has become quite easier to prove your identity. To open a bank account or purchase a sim card which earlier demanded various documents and thus felt like a complicated procedure but the only thing they need now is the person himself and his aadhar. But since last few months, it has been observed that the government has made it mandatory to link all your accounts and other details with your Aadhar card. Thus making people think that their details might be stolen after breaching the system.

Surely there has been a lot of hoaxes circulating over the internet and other social media platforms regarding the info being stolen but there has been no information about this from the official sources yet. Thus keeping in mind the present records it can be assumed that our databases are secured enough. Also, it can be seen that merely having the aadhar details won't effect you as you also need the biometric details.

According to me this topic is very relevant to our daily life. In our daily life, we used Aadhaar card many of the time for bank-related works, for sim cards or any other documentation. In the Aadhaar card, our basic information is mentioned like name, address, contact number etc. And yes it is more secure with a comparison with previous voter id because of the fingerprinting facility.

The Aadhaar database is secure enough, and it is a great decision making by our government to make the Aadhaar card is compulsory in every field like in the government field, bank account, job application forms etc.

Moreover, people have their personal information linked to Aadhaar so they might be quite worried about misuse of information so might be thinking that is safe or not?

So, according to UIDAI i.e. unique identification authority of India now there is not a single case of financial loss due to Aadhaar.

It is also used to recognise a right and wrong person and protest terrorist attacks in the form of security purposes.

No one can impersonate and harm him because Aadhaar alone is not sufficient, it requires biometrics to authenticate one's identity. In my opinion, the Aadhaar database is secured enough.

THANK YOU.