India’s ‘Big Brother’ biometics project raises privacy concerns
Concerns arise over the world’s biggest biometrics project and what it means for people’s privacy.
India‘s government has been linking people’s personal records to their biological information in the world’s largest biometrics initiative.
Supporters say it could drastically improve the ability of the poor to access basic services, but now concerns about privacy and government surveillance have taken centre stage.
Al Jazeera’s Faiz Jamil reports from New Delhi.
Published On 26 May 2019