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modi15on Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Indian Supreme Court

Actually, I completely agree with your position. If you dont want ANY benefit, you should absolutely have the freedom to excuse yourself. The problem is that in a country like India 99% of the people do depend on some benefit or the other.

Not sure if you are aware, but the context around this specific discussion in India is around the use of Aadhar for targeted govt. assistance. The govt. position is pretty much that we need Aadhar for any subsidy and the courts are arguing against it.

modi15on Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Indian Supreme Court

All bureaucracies are a mess. Just because UG K. was succinct, doesnt mean he was right. India is actually doing better relatively to ANY other country at the moment.

modi15on Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Indian Supreme Court

Biometric is just stronger identity. This can be done in a weaker way using Passport/PAN card.

Does Right to Privacy mean that the govt. cannot identify individuals ? How does it then provide differential services ?

modi15on Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Indian Supreme Court

How can you provide food/clothing shelter without violating privacy ? The person has to identify that he is needing assistance from the state for the state to be able to provide. The state needs iris/fingerprint because that is the only way for them to check your claim of who you are and you do not already have the means to access food/shelter by yourself.

modi15on Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Indian Supreme Court

I for one, have no idea what this really means. Can anyone explain why this ruling is not totally useless ?

modi15on What I look for in a pitch

There is a difference between what VC's claim they look for, and what they actually look for. What they actually look for is momentum and all these conditions are 'bent' when that weird FOMO feeling takes over.

Anyone who thinks that all this data is pertinent to make the investment decision will most likely never say yes to any startup.

modi15on India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans

The call center might be indian, but the guy making most of the money is always an American. The people making these calls are reading of a script and entering data into a database. This script and the numbers are provided by an American client - and some of that is legal outbound marketing also. Looking at the script, it is non trivial for any agent to know whether it is legal or not.