The UIDAI must popularize the use of the masked Aadhaar facility to tighten the scrutiny over data leak on Aadhaar numbers. Analyse (200 Words)
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· Union government withdrew a notification from a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) office cautioning people against sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar card.
· The notification that was issued by the Bengaluru Regional Office of the UIDAI urged people to use the masked Aadhaar number facility that can be downloaded from the UIDAI website and which displays only the last four digits of the Aadhaar number.
· This was a sensible advisory. The masked Aadhaar facility has been in place since 2018 and this came about following a report by the Centre for Internet and Society that publicly available datasets had sensitive details.
· Other scams that are of a higher order have also been revealed recently, related to biometrics theft that have allowed scamsters to steal welfare benefits at the expense of genuine beneficiaries.
· The UIDAI has, however, been ambivalent about the inherent dangers in the indiscriminate use of the Aadhaar number or the Aadhaar card by citizens, as evidenced in its series of flip-flops on the issue even before this latest withdrawal notice.
· The UIDAI must popularise the use of the masked Aadhaar facility as a start and rethink ways to tighten the scrutiny over how Aadhaar numbers are issued and utilised even as law enforcement agencies crack down on data leaks and websites carrying unmasked Aadhaar-related information.
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