Is the Aadhaar database secured enough?

Aadhaar means something which is necessary and it has been popularised in India that it will represents our existence and thus can be used in any of the areas as a proof. The Aadhaar no. Was used everywhere from getting the SIM approval to linking the bank account, from buying a ration by poor to using it as a proof for getting a room in hotel, etc. It is used everywhere and thus the problem of leakage of data arose as the cyber security in India is not that advanced. And so the leakage of data leads to breach of privacy of every individual so the Supreme Court has decided that it cannot replace the other government proofs such as voter card and that it cannot be considered as a necessary tool.

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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.

Looking to the bitter side is that they can get your fingerprint, which can't be taken lightly. According to me, the fingerprint should not be an integral part of Aadhaar database of an individual.

One important thing, whenever we go for Xerox and scan, we forgot to delete our files from owner's PC, this shows our lack of awareness if that owner wants to create some issue in your life he can create.

So, I want to say that please be aware at that point of time.

At last, it solely depends upon the individual how smart he is to secure his database by not sharing any of his Aadhaar details to fraud calls and most importantly the OTP.

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Hello friends. Aadhaar is one of the most important Identity for everyone. Nowadays it is compulsory in every field like in government field, bank accounts, job application form etc. Moreover people have their personal information linked to Aadhar so they might be quite worried about misuse of information or they might be thinking that is it safe or not ? So according to UIDAI i.e. Unique Identification Authority of India uptil now there is not a single case of financial loss due to Aadhar. For any Aadhar access we require finger print scanning and two IRIS scan and at the end of all the process we get one OTP i.e.one time password which comes on our mobile number linked to Aadhaar. So looking to all these securities I think Aadhaar database is secured.

According to my points of view, Adhar database not 100% but mostly secured because UIDAI is continuously updating its security parameters looking new threats in cyberspace.

As we know that in Aadhar database Name, address, fingerprint and the facial photograph is kept recorded only besides other information about the family, bank account details, financial, property details will never have recorded in the database,

As we give Aadhar number to the bank, a mobile company, they only send Aadhar number and biometrics to UIDAI for verification for identity only thought they do not send bank account details, so we can say that Aadhar is more secure and trust than another identity in India.

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Good evening friends,

Yes, the Adhaar card is secured according to my point of view. Because through adhar card we can identify the basic details such as address proof, dob, name, age. We can easily identify the person belong to the citizen of India and it is also useful for the government in recruitment process, bank account, railways reservation, domestic flight, etc.

It is also used to recognize a right and wrong person and protest terrorist attack in the form of security purpose.

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Good morning friends, I am Rahul Kumawat.

I am glad to start the discussion, Friends the topic given to us is 'Is the Aadhar database secured enough?'.

In my opinion, the topic is related to our daily uses.

I believe that nowadays Aadhar is the ID from which a person can be identified. From this, we can open a bank account and can buy a new sim within a minute. It is secured enough as it includes biometrics like iris verification and fingerprint verification and also has an OTP validation if in case you lost your Aadhaar then you can lock your Aadhar by a website provided by the Indian government so that no one can illegally use your Aadhar.

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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Aadhaar card provides a unique identification number to every citizen of India. It is a smart step taken by the prime minister for the digitalization of the country.

When we talk about the security of stuff connected to our Aadhar card, Government organizations are working to provide maximum security.

Aadhaar card number can be accessed by anybody but, for various security purposes biometric as well as OTP authentication securities are provided by it which is far better than any other card in India in terms of security.

We can add some other security features in Aadhaar card with the help of various industries government should also give the opportunity to a private organization to add various security features after examining add on features.

Security is a major issue in today's world.

In my opinion, Aadhar uses every field. Aadhar hacking is not easy but day by day cybercrime are increased Aadhar is not secured.

The Aadhar database of our government, is not secure enough. Cyber security experts say, that if any database is connected to a network, it can be hacked. Also, we've seen various cases of data being stolen with only the Aadhar numbers. Also, experts say that the firewall used by the government can easily be penetrated.