For last few weeks , Shri Kapil Sibal has been arguing
the Aadhar case in Supreme Court
At yesterday’s hearing ,
he said ( Source : Times of India / 08 Feb ) :
“ Digital World a Jurassic Park, no one knows what
happens “
Senior advocate
Kapil Sibal on Wednesday told the Supreme Court ,
" Digital world is like a Jurassic Park.
The technology is
advancing so fast that it cannot be fathomed, tamed or regulated.
If one puts few
facts about his health parameters on the digital world, the beast of technology
is of such nature that within moments the digital world will analyse that data and tell netizens about the person which even he
himself does not know.
Why take a risk in
such an unpredictable medium and expose the citizens' privacy to blatant
violations ? “
Sibal said the digital world has come with different Apps, one of which is called ' MoodPanda ' which purportedly gauges a person's mood.
In a lighter vein, he said: "We must give the App to the judges. It will tell us what mood the judge is in and we can advance our arguments accordingly. We advocates can also have the App to gauge what mood are we in."
No system is developed anywhere in the world which can claim that it cannot be hacked . In an era when personal details is the key to commercial success, the central database would make personal details easily hack able
He said even the android phones getting unlocked with finger print of the user posed the threat of finger print being stolen.
"Given the
wider use of Chinese hardware in the smart phones marketed by multinational
companies, who knows whether or
not Chinese are not stealing personal data through the phones.
And in such
scenario, core biometrics like iris and demographic details make Aadhaar
riskier," Sibal said .
Justice A K Sikri pointed out that these days advanced phones are getting unlocked with face as identity.
"This means it is using iris as the password
to unlock the phone. This means, the user willingly
gives iris to the phone maker," Justice Sikri said.
Is reality catching up with Shri Sibal ?
We have heard of
prosecution witnesses turning “ hostile “ , but are we about to see petitioner’s
advocate turning hostile ?
That seems entirely
possible if Shri Sibal finds time to read the following news report :
“ Chinese cops now have face-recognition glasses “
Chinese police are
using dark sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to spot
criminal suspects.
The glasses, which are being
worn by police at a busy train station ahead of the Chinese New Year
travel rush, are linked to a central database which contains details of
criminal records.
Wearing the technology, police can almost
instantly view an individual's personal details, including name, ethnicity,
gender and address.
Pictures of the
operation, which were published online by the web version of China's
People's Daily newspaper, show a female police officer wearing dark
black sunglasses which have a small camera attached on the right-hand lens.
The
camera is connected by an electronic lead to a hand-held device.
The
device has an app where police officers can process images they have
taken of suspicious individuals.
"The facial information
captured by the glasses will be sent back to a database for comparison with the
information of suspects on the wanted list," Zhang Xiaolei, a
local police official told the Global Times newspaper.
The
app allows access to the database that also provides information on whether the
suspect is on the run from police, and even their recent Internet history.
The
scene would not look out of place in an episode of science fiction television
drama Black Mirror, which often depicts dark scenarios of humans being overcome
by technology.
China is deploying new
technologies to monitor people in ways that would unnerve many in the West.
Facial
recognition has been rolled out in many aspects of every day life in the
country, where there are few concerns over privacy.
The technology is being used to gain
entry to university dormitories and workplaces, withdraw cash from ATM machines
and even buy a KFC.
08 Feb 2018
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