A Hostile Advocate ?
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For last few weeks , Shri Kapil Sibal has been arguing
the Aadhar case in Supreme Court
At yesterday’s hearing , he said ( Source : Times of
India / 08 Feb ) :
“ Digital World a Jurassic Park, no one knows what
happens “
" Digital world is like a Jurassic Park.
The technology is
advancing so fast that it cannot be fathomed, tamed or regulated.
If one puts few facts
about his health parameters on the digital world, the beast of technology is of
such nature that within
moments the digital world will analyse that data and tell netizens about the person
which even he himself does not know.
Why take a risk in such
an unpredictable medium and expose the citizens' privacy to blatant violations
? “
Sibal said the digital world has come with different Apps, one of which is called ' MoodPanda ' which purportedly gauges a person's mood.
In a lighter vein, he said: "We must give the App to the judges. It will tell us what mood the judge is in and we can advance our arguments accordingly. We advocates can also have the App to gauge what mood are we in."
No system is developed anywhere in the world which can claim that it cannot be hacked . In an era when personal details is the key to commercial success, the central database would make personal details easily hack able
He said even the android phones getting unlocked with finger print of the user posed the threat of finger print being stolen.
"Given the wider
use of Chinese hardware in the smart phones marketed by multinational
companies, who knows whether or
not Chinese are not stealing personal data through the phones.
And in such scenario,
core biometrics like iris and demographic details make Aadhaar riskier,"
Sibal said .
Justice A K Sikri pointed out that these days advanced phones are getting unlocked with face as identity.
"This means it is
using iris as the password to unlock the phone. This means, the user willingly gives
iris to the phone maker," Justice Sikri said.
Is reality catching up with Shri Sibal ?
We have heard of prosecution
witnesses turning “ hostile “ , but are we about to see petitioner’s advocate
turning hostile ?
That seems entirely possible if Shri Sibal finds time
to read the following news report :
“ Chinese cops now have face-recognition
glasses “
Chinese police are using dark
sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to spot criminal
suspects.
The glasses, which are being worn by
police at a busy train station ahead of the Chinese New Year travel
rush, are linked to a central database which contains details of criminal
records.
Wearing the technology, police can almost instantly view an
individual's personal details, including name, ethnicity, gender and address.
Pictures of the
operation, which were published online by the web version of China's
People's Daily newspaper, show a female police officer wearing dark
black sunglasses which have a small camera attached on the right-hand lens.
The camera is connected by an electronic lead to a
hand-held device.
The
device has an app where police officers can process images they have
taken of suspicious individuals.
"The facial information captured by the
glasses will be sent back to a database for comparison with the information of
suspects on the wanted list,"
Zhang Xiaolei, a local police official told the Global Times
newspaper.
The
app allows access to the database that also provides information on whether the
suspect is on the run from police, and even their recent Internet history.
The scene would not look out of place in an episode of
science fiction television drama Black Mirror, which often depicts dark
scenarios of humans being overcome by technology.
China is
deploying new technologies to monitor people in ways that would unnerve many in
the West.
Facial
recognition has been rolled out in many aspects of every day life in the
country, where there are few concerns over privacy.
The
technology is being used to gain entry to university dormitories and
workplaces, withdraw cash from ATM machines and even buy a KFC.
08 Feb 2018
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