{"id":17842,"date":"2018-01-09T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T11:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=17842"},"modified":"2018-01-09T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T11:25:05","slug":"arrest-uidai-says-edward-snowden-after-aadhaar-case-against-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/arrest-uidai-says-edward-snowden-after-aadhaar-case-against-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest UIDAI, Says Edward Snowden After Aadhaar Case Against Journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: American whistleblower Edward Snowden has tweeted his sharp disapproval of a police case against journalist who exposed gaps in the security of biometric details of millions of citizens recorded in the Aadhaar database.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Tuesday, the former US intelligence contractor came out in support of the journalist who reported that she could access personal details of over a billion citizens for just Rs 500 paid through a digital wallet. Snowden also criticised the government for &#8220;policies that destroyed the privacy of a billion Indians&#8221;.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nHe tweeted: &#8220;The journalists exposing the #Aadhaar breach deserve an award, not an investigation. If the government were truly concerned for justice, they would be reforming the policies that destroyed the privacy of a billion Indians. Want to arrest those responsible? They are called @UIDAI.&#8221;<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nSnowden has spoken against the Aadhaar earlier too. &#8220;It is the natural tendency of government to desire perfect records of private lives. History shows that no matter the laws, the result is abuse,&#8221; he had tweeted last week.<\/p>\n<p>UIDAI, which oversees the world&#8217;s largest biometric identity card scheme, had gone to the police against the journalist from the Tribune newspaper and insisted there was no breach in its system.<\/p>\n<p>Outrage over the case against the journalist forced an intervention by I-T minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and pushed the UIDAI to clarify that the case was not against any specific individual.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nIn a tweet, Mr Prasad asserted that the government supports freedom of press and that the newspaper and its reporter would be asked by the UIDAI to help investigate the alleged data breach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Govt. is fully committed to freedom of Press as well as to maintaining security &#038; sanctity of #Aadhaar for India&#8217;s development. FIR is against unknown. I&#8217;ve suggested @UIDAI to request Tribune &#038; it&#8217;s journalist to give all assistance to police in investigating real offenders,&#8221; the minister posted.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate case yesterday, the Supreme Court, which is hearing a petition challenging the validity of Aadhaar, made it clear that politicians should &#8220;allow freedom of expression&#8221;.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: American whistleblower Edward Snowden has tweeted his sharp disapproval of a police case against journalist who exposed gaps in the security of biometric details of millions of citizens recorded in the Aadhaar database. 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