#Aadhar #Privacy #DataProtectionLaw #Surveillance

An   Open  Letter

Dear Hon CJI , Shri Dipak Misraji :

Petitioners say :  Aadhar must be scrapped because it invades personal privacy

Government says :  Privacy is not a fundamental right guaranteed by our Constitution

I say  :  Aadhar is a must for eliminating corruption /  Privacy is an obsolete concept

I have already sent to you , may be a dozen emails justifying my logic ( Privacy is dead )

Before announcing your judgement, you may want to go through the following developments :

HINDUSTAN TIMES  ( 14  April 2018 )

Following is a proposal by our very own I & B  Ministry :

“ Soon , chips in set-top boxes to monitor what viewers watch “

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-wants-to-know-what-viewers-watch-on-tv-proposes-installing-chips-in-set-top-boxes/story-yGThTNMYiwXBeX1KoYJHtN.html

BUSINESS  LINE  (  14  April  2018  )

“ What Facebook knows about You “

https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/facebook-data-download.html

*   What users submit

*   Location Tracking

*   Offline  Purchases

*   Likes

*   Online  Purchases

*   Metadata

*   People you may know

*   Shadow  Profiles

*   Predictions

Website  of  DIGITAL   TRENDS

Crime-predicting A.I. isn’t science fiction. It’s about to roll out in India

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/could-ai-based-surveillance-predict-crime-before-it-happens/?utm_campaign=Abundance%20Insider&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62093091&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_CMn1KCovAW1CAPBJ7QN2uCVbYrzqWLCLTEAyevzBGeyMmiO0jXeKfDqMU1CEEeLl3NzSAAF_Ked2zvJN-snJFLg5RcQ&_hsmi=62093091

Cortica, an Israeli company with deep roots in security and AI research, recently formed a partnership in India with Best Group to analyse the terabytes of data streaming from CCTV cameras in public areas.

One of the goals is to improve safety in public places, such as city streets, bus stops, and train stations.

It’s already common for law enforcement in cities like London and New York to employ facial recognition and license plate matching as part of their video camera surveillance.

 But Cortica’s AI promises to take it much further by looking for “behavioral anomalies” that signal someone is about to commit a violent crime.

MUMBAI, India and TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India came together today to welcome a "new age of collaboration" between the two countries pledging to share technologies and resources for the betterment of each.

 

The first collaborative effort, hailed as a significant step in cementing the unprecedented cooperation, was announced between Israeli AI leader, Cortica (www.cortica.com) and India's Best Group, a diversified group operating in several sectors (www.bestgroup.co.in).

And last – but not the least :

Dear Hon Shri Misraji ,

Let me assume that you are using a,

*    Smart phone made by SAMSUNG 

     ( a South Korean manufacturer  )

*    Its Operating System is ANDROID 

     ( owned by American Google )

*    Its service provider is Vodafone

   (  a UK based Mobile Sevice Provider )

All of these entities have a complete AUDIO LOG of each and every word that you ever uttered , using your smart phone !  Ever since you started using it !

And complete log of every web site you ever visited from that phone

And entire data of your online purchases , made through any mobile app

This holds good of everyone using a smart phone – including government officials in charge of our national security !

Although a bit late , George Orwell’s “  1984 “ has finally arrived  !

14  April  2018

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