In a new effort to digitise Aadhaar[1], the UIDAI has launched[2] a new mAadhaar app on Android[3], which lets you carry around a digital copy of your Aadhaar card for quick access to your personal details. UIDAI[4] stated in its tweet[5] that the app is currently in beta and that new features will be rolled out in future updates. For now, the mAadhaar app will let you view details like your name, date of birth, gender, address and photograph from your Aadhaar card. It will also let you lock or unlock your biometric data.
The push for linking your Aadhaar number with your PAN card is an effort by the government to weed out duplicate PAN cards and the likes. However, it's a little unnerving when Aadhaar details are easily leaked onto the Internet[6], like the latest one where 210 central and state government websites were found to be displaying Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries, along with their details.According to PP Chaundhary, Minister of State for Electronics and IT, there has been no leakage from UIDAI's side and they are monitoring the sites to ensure all personal data has been removed. The big question still remains how these details were public knowledge to begin with and that too, on such a wide scale.
Intex in final stages of talks to manufacture Reliance Jio's feature phone
Reliance Jio's[7] long-rumoured 4G VoLTE feature phone will most likely be one of the big talking points at this Friday's AGM[8] and Gadgets 360 has now learnt that Intex Technologies[9] will most likely be the one of the companies to manufacture the phone. A company official familiar with the matter said that Intex is...
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