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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