Vi inoltro una richiesta del prof. Nagarjuna attraverso il prof. Bauwens che ci informa di un colossale progetto di schedatura di tutti i cittadini da parte del governo indiano e richiede delle linee guida che possano salvaguardare la privacy dei cittadini e abbassare i rischi che tali dati vengano usati impropriamente (il progetto prevede impronte digitali di tutte le dita, scanning dell'iride e della faccia). Se per caso ci fosse qualche esperto che volesse contribuire in qualsiasi forma, anche dei link a del materiale significativo... Saluti, Paolo -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: Re: [opennetcoalition] [p2p-research] unique identity to every citizen Data: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:17:16 +0700 Mittente: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004@gmail.com> Rispondi-a: opennetcoalition@laquadrature.net A: Nagarjuna G <nagarjun@gnu.org.in> CC: Can anyone help Nagarjuna with his request below, and point him to useful material? Many thanks, Michel On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Nagarjuna G <nagarjun@gnowledge.org>wrote:
In India the govt constituted an authority to create unique identity to each citizen, and they plan to scan all ten fingers, iris and photograph of every face and create an infrastructure. Obviously they will be using and spending a lot of infrastructure. the official website is here. http://uidai.gov.in/ About 2billion rupees have been allocated for this year alone for implementing this project. Mapping i billion people and keeping their records is a massive job and I do not know if any such venture was undertaken before.
Even if they use FOSS for this infrastructure, a centralized Govt could misuse and it may not always be used in the interest of citizens. We cannot justify the project because they will use free software for the purpose. I am not against using technology for governance, but how should that be is a question. What guidelines could one suggest?
From a p2p governance view point, what do you think are the important factors to be taken into consideration. What rights should citizens have on their data, and what protection should Govt provide? Shouldn't govt ask the citizen each time such data is being used. How can citizens monitor? Can we insist that such a data cannot be opened without the key in the custody of the citizen. There can be many such questions ...
I have a chance to send them my concerns. Though they may not listen to us, it is good to send them an articulated response, which may help generate opinion. I need to send them before 5th of May. Can any of you send me some pointers to documents some of you may have written on this subject or related subjects.
-- GN
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