Anivar Aravind @[email protected]

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The mandatory #Aadhaar is coming via @digilocker_ind. Also all of this happening without a #DataProtectionLaw in place. #DataLoot

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The Standing Committee on IT this Thursday will seek evidence from @Facebook, @Twitter, & @GoI_MeitY on the subject of: “Safeguarding citizens’ rights & prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space”.

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This is not to say - don't get vaccinated. By all means do - but care about the your and others' personal health data now longitudinally collected WITHOUT your consent to create the #healthid by #CowinApp when there is no #DataProtectionLaw. Let that sink in. #

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Why does @MoHFW_INDIA not give option to people not to create #HealthID and 'hardcodes' wadh to make every authentication #eKYC ?

Because someone has taught them the way to 'hardcoding' fascism in code is far tougher to untangle than specifying in files https://twitter.com/logic/status/1221717072939376640

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When you reverse the #CowinApp you will see wadh parameter is 'hardcoded'.So @MoHFW_INDIA is doing #eKYC instead of plain authentication.This also is a mass bulk subsidy to @UIDAI which gets tax free money for each eKYC. MoHFW now has your data in #Aadhaar & can create #HealthID

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How do we know if any #Aadhaar biometric authentication call is #Auth / #eKYC ? From UIDAI's API documentation - 'wadh' parameter in PID block(where fingerprint is held) is the parameter that differentiates.

WADH should be empty for auth, filled for eKYC
https://uidai.gov.in/images/resource/aadhaar_ekyc_api_2_5.pdf

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When you share #Aadhaar as a proof - the app (available with vaccine administrators) - will perform #Aadhaar biometric authentication (Also most of the said section of population might not have mobile phones as well) ... But is it doing biometric authentication (Yes/No) OR eKYC?

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The app description says - #Aadhaar Authentication is to ensure de-duplication.

If you have forgot Aadhaar lingo -
Authentication - gives only Yes / No response based on biometric / OTP / demographic input.
#eKYC - A copy of your personal data in #Aadhaar is shared to app

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But what happens you are one of those students under the age of 18 or those poor folks in rural India who have #Aadhaar as only ID Proof ?

The individual should still be provided option to create the health ID / not right ? That's what the policy above said no ?

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The said policy mentions "Voluntary" use of Aadhaar for creation of Health ID. Assuming this is the privacy policy of the app and going by various other communication from @MoHFW_INDIA - Aadhaar is one of the ID and not the only ID for vaccination.

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Back to the app - The #PrivacyPolicy of the #CowinApp is https://ndhm.gov.in/health_management_policy - Why is Privacy policy of Vaccination app linked to national digital health missions' health data management policy ?

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Govt to generate unique health IDs for people giving Aadhaar for vaccination
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/80205336.cms

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https://web.archive.org/web/20210117080551/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1686350 - Note the word - permission / not consent. Lets get back to this in a bit

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The #CowinApp is at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cowinapp.app and #Maharashtra has already delayed vaccination by 2 days because of 'technical glitches' with the app https://theprint.in/india/governance/maharashtra-govt-suspends-covid-vaccination-drive-till-monday-citing-issues-in-co-win-app/586933/

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https://www.cowin.gov.in/home - is the website and https://app.cowin.gov.in/home is the app backend for CoWIN beneficiary registration and AEFI management https://twitter.com/logic/status/1350694241886879744

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High level overview of CoWIN- VIN operations.

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So #COVID19Vaccination has its own app - tech infra management - #CoWIN.#Thread to keep a watch on this. It is *as* important or even more important than @SetuAarogya app Page 45 of https://web.archive.org/web/20210109215951/https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/COVID19VaccineOG111Chapter16.pdf CoVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN): The Digital Platform