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Moved to @logic @freeradical .zone. Pseudogeek | Free(dom) code, தமிழ், #CashlessConsumer , #DigitalPayments , #opendata fanboy, #publictransit #GovTech
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#CashlessConsumer
is a consumer collective working on
#DigitalPayments
to increase awareness,understand tech,produce/consume data,to be a voice for consumers in policy of
#paytech
ecosystem with a goal of moving towards a fair cashless society. More
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After you read
#TekFog
story, do note that Dr. Anand Deshpande, Chairman and Managing Director of
@Persistentsys
is part-time member of the Unique Identification Authority of India (
@UIDAI
).
Now add up
#AadhaarVoterIDLink
@no2uid
@digitaldutta
@svaradarajan
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Why is not used and a personal branding named fund being used for this? PMNRF has receipt generation, in existance for ages. PM-CARES attempts at profiting out of disaster.
#DisasterPayments
The PM-CARES Fund accepts micro-donations too. It will strengthen disaster management capacities and encourage research on protecting citizens.
Let us leave no stone unturned to make India healthier and more prosperous for our future generations.
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💣💣
#GujaratElection2022
#VoterID
mobile linking.
#Data
Leak.
As
#Gujarat
goes for phase 2 polls today, voters of several constituencies were sent SMS with links to booth slips by
#BJP
and the entire data is public. 🧵
We salute cooperation of ECI and TRAI in this matter
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Here is Municipal Councillor Zaheer, a
#COVIDIOT
of a diff kind. He is booked by Nirmal police for obstructing Aasha workers from conducting survey to identify people with symptoms.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court orders to link Aadhaar to Oxygen intake before 31st July. Those unwilling to comply will have their lungs removed.
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Lets take a moment on how billionaires have publicist who seasonally write profile stories masquerading as news / opinions for years together. A thread 🧵 on @/SarithaRai articles on @/NandanNilekani
After all - If Nandan wants you to read his publicist's piece, why just one?
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An extra egg at ₹2 will be far more worthy spend in serving nutrients to the child. But be happy
@WorldBank
in tracking each plate and datafying poverty to have AI generated videos of kids.
@rozi_roti
#WATCH
| Maharashtra: In a bid to improve the nutrition level of tribal children of Gadchiroli, a unique Artificial Intelligence-based machine has been installed at Todsa Ashram School of Etapalli. The machine takes a photo of the student with her/his plate of food and within a…
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SMS header AX-EVSLIP is registered to company based in Gujarat. While voter list is public - how did BJP get access to mobile numbers linked to it?
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Islamaphobia is baked into financial systems by having algorithms that flag inward transaction from Mohammad as 'suspicious' & societal Islamophobia has let this algorithm unchanged even after billions of
#UPI
txns with millions of Muslims. Things
@NandanNilekani
won't tell
My Spouse UPI access got blocked because I asked one random cabbie to transfer 125 rupees to her UPI id as I did not have the correct change to pay him (375) and instead gave him 500.
Bank says, her account got flagged as a suspicious mule account b/c of that one txn. 🤯
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-
#Aadhaar
#Censorship
#Privacy
- Note how the measurement of privacy - has gone from government entering "bathroom" instead of "bedroom". This government has caused that shift in culture.
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Merge history of
@SetuAarogya
in last 3 days. Is the app dead? Or is this a toy / fake repo like
@asdofindia
claims? Also, note that the developers have not responded to multiple CVE reports on issues.
#AarogyaSetuApp
- Dumping code on
@github
alone isn't OSS.
#MissingDevelopers
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In some personal news, became a dad few days back. Boy and mother doing well.
Will be less active here at least for a while.
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Don’t link Aadhaar & voter ID - Usha Ramanathan.
🔨The striking difference is constituitional independence of ECI and UIDAI.
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But there is more. masks PAN of the fund to XXXXXX 637Q. What is the need for masking a PAN of a fund? Privacy for PM fund?
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Also note that there is no tweet from
@PMOIndia
and the appeal came only from
@narendramodi
, personal account.
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💣💣 The inevitable has happened.
#CoWINDataLeak
reported by
@thefourthlive
@ManoramaDaily
is a largest
#DigitalPublicInfrastructure
disaster.
Thread on some impacts.
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As
#WhatsappPay
goes live - Please forward this every old Uncle / Aunty in your WA family groups to disable
#UPI
to safeguard their SBI accounts from any
#UPI
hacks.
Steps to disable
#UPI
in SBI Netbanking - My Accounts & Profile -> Enable/Disable Accounts for UPI -> Disable. RT
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After multiple failed attempts by Annamalai - ECI releases the real DMK files.
#ElectoalBonds
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The entire dump of TamilNadu
#RERA
data here - Challange 'journalist' to do a data backed story instead of forward WA university gossips to slander.
Met a friend from Chennai recently. Apparently some mega land grab going on by one top leader's son in law. "You cannot sell any land parcel above 5 crore in Chennai if you dont sell it to this guy"
The more things change....
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Will the honorable members of assembly key in their
#Aadhaar
and authenticate using their fingerprints before entering assembly?
#TamilNadu
#Aadhaar
state
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No CJI doesn't have double Ph.D - but he has daughters who were named in land scam.
BREAKING: When DMK MP and Sr. Adv tried to make submissions in freebies matter. CJI said “As CJI I cannot say anything but the way your party is behaving, the way your minister is talking . Don’t think we are ignoring.”
@arivalayam
@ptrmadurai
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One Nation One Bank account it seems. Why not murder everyone and live alone your highness?
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This is now standard operating procedure after
#Puducherry
#Whatsapp
targetting by BJP.
So what is the extent of the campaign?
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#CashlessConsumer
studied
#DisasterPayments
and AACTP 4637 Q is the PAN of PMNRF. PMNRF also allows people to download receipts. PM-CARES doesn't have neither, didn't give a PAN for claiming 80G exemption.
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A still born baby in
#ChennaiFloods2023
- the mother's healthcare access was dependent on
#Aadhaar
card.
Rot in hell all those who got the society here. cc
@no2uid
Two days ago, TNM told you the story of a pregnant woman who could not get medical help during Chennai floods and gave birth to a still-born baby. Today,
@ahmedshabbir20
traced the father, who says they don’t have money to bury the baby that died 4 days ago.
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In a first in a decade,
@NPCI_NPCI
admits that various kinds of frauds are possible on
#AePS
#Aadhaar
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Who is running PM-CARES? Whoever runs it gets also donor data?
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#SoumyaReddy
joins the list of candidates from whom elections were hijacked maliciously.
It's not just postal votes, "Independent" Soumya A Reddy got 315 votes as well.
These are inherent mechanisms
@ECISVEEP
has kept open for decades to change winners by muscle power.
@hariiyengaar
@TNelectionsCEO
Been happening for years -
- Dec 2016 -
Even Appavu case is essentially because of this, not just postal votes.
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2 minutes to understand data-maximisation in
#UPI
and also why
#Whatsapp
had to go on PR mode about transaction remaining secure and *private*. - This is
@jackerhack
explaining data maximisation in
#UPI
using
#WhatsappPay
as example.
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This is a complex dance between disbility activist, HC, MTC, Ashok Leyland that is going on for decades.
This time around - they don't even have a shame to show this dance in workshop instead of road. Usual destination is Broadway / CMBT
தமிழ்நாடு அரசின் மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகளுக்கான சொகுசு பேருந்து.. இப்படி ஒரு பேருந்தை குஜராத்திலோ, உத்தரப்பிரதேசத்திலோ காட்டுங்கடா பாப்போம்..
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Dear
@ptrmadurai
- The
@CMOTamilnadu
helpline (launched in Jan 2021), run by
@TNeGA_Official
,
@TNITDepartment
- uses
@Zohodesk
. As a concerned citizen, I request reviewing policy of using a 3rd party
#SaaS
for a crucial soverign function handling highly sensitive political data
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The
#DravidianModel
of
#Aadhaar
adoption needs an expose. TamilNadu - has increasingly adopted
#Aadhaar
- mostly through bureaucratic 'rules'. More
#DataSanghi
than the Emperor
I did a survey of all gazette notifications and here are some insights and potential impacts.🧵
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Bonus - Also read last month
@thenewsminute
broke illegal data collection exercise in Bangalore by alleged money launderer
By next elections, your bank statements will be read by political parties :)
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Breaking : All ATM withdrawals during the time of COVID is considered to be part or relief package.
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Hey
@WorldBankIndia
- We know your office in Chennai is air-conditioned. Are you planning for 12 hour work day for your employees? If not - then why should factory workers get inhuman working hours for profit of your clients?
#RollbackTNAntiLabourAct
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Draft Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021 -
Draft put for consultation 'silently' by
@UIDAI
on May 20, 2021 and closing by June 2, 2021.
Some highlights on thread.
@SFLCin
@internetfreedom
@nixxin
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So
@ptrmadurai
- then IT Wing head of
@arivalayam
wanted to use app based voter survey (as said to
@Veera284
in 2021)
After becoming minister - he goes ahead building
#SFDB
and mandating
#Aadhaar
linking everywhere. Trust data to be not used for political purpose. /s
#2024Voting
Comprehensive view of beneficiaries is 360 degree
#surveillance
database
#SFDB
.
#DigitalTamilNadu
has to also be accountable Tamilnadu. What has the state done till now on the
#TNPDSHack
losing the entire data of the state?
Databasing is against social justice
@ptrmadurai
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There is also attempt to drive through transactions for
#YesBankCrisis
hit
@PhonePe_
A Quote Tweet from PM is not bad
How did PhonePe launch this in 30 minutes while other payment companies were not in loop? There is more..
This will inspire and enable a large number of Indians to donate to PM-CARES!
#IndiaFightsCorona
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It's Voluntary people
Given
@matthan
's perceptiveness, his podcast promises to be mandatory listening for many of us!
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Why does
@narendramodi
tweet
@PhonePe_
which had enough time to put a Terms and conditions page for a campaign in 30 minutes from announcement which explicitly stated they won't be providing receipts for 80G exemption.
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Person X commits fraud.
X eats at Hotel in Kerala.
Hotel's Chicken supplier, his father-in-law and his 2 contacts have all their accounts blocked based on complaint from Gujarat Police.
The fraud problem in
#UPI
will affect you. This is like COVID on UPI.
#DeleteUPI
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#SaveRTI
#SaveDemocracy
‘Regressive Amendments to RTI Act’: NCPRI Flags Concerns Over Digital Personal Data Protection Bill
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To folks saying, file a case in court, reminder that the chief justice hearing the
#Puducherry
case at Madras HC was coincidentally transferred to Megahalaya HC and the case has since then never been listed. Madras HC has not a CJ too for a long time now.
Salute courts too!
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Repeat after me : Metro is debt dumping to take over cities
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When
@iitmadras
want to create alternate histories of mobile payments in India, they lie
@aphota
was factually wrong to say IMPS was 1st, when mPESA existed before & all that was done was tweaking to suit to bank-led model
@RBI
was comfortable, along with gatekeeping non-banks.
What was the journey to getting UPI in the hands of 300 million Indians?🇮🇳
‘UPI: The Untold Story’ chronicles the 15-year saga!
Watch with your weekend coffee :)
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Can
@Anbil_Mahesh
do the same with teachers / his ministry staff?
Because mid day meals staff from lower strata, these things fly.
To ensure good quality of food under morning breakfast scheme, State govt. mandated that cooks' children must study in same school where they work at. Good move. To ensure good quality of education, govt teachers' children also must study in govt/aided school, right?
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The freezing of PAN for non-linking
#Aadhaar
is a soft
#demonetisation
or
#DeMon
3.0
1. Nov 8, 2016 - ₹ 500, ₹ 1000 notebank
2. May 19, 2023 - ₹2000 note reversal
3 July 1, 2023 - freezing accounts of
#Aadhaar
unlinked
#PAN
The economic consequences of the 3rd is significant
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Dear
@rssharma3
This is NOT about
#Aadhaar
, but your data is being leaked by
@PayUmoney
I just had to enter your email ID to get your stored card. I don't know how you see this.
#Privacy
#DataProtection
1. Please Delete your stored card from
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Remember, if there is no PAN, you can't claim IT exemption. This is
#RTI
reply from
@IncomeTaxIndia
(Systems)
#CashlessConsumer
#RTI
#DisasterPayments
If you had donated to
#NagalandFloodRelief
, as per
@IncomeTaxIndia
you *CANNOT* seek exemption as they did not quote any PAN. cc
@abhish18
@BipinSingh
Lot of CMRF don't have PAN, be warned of fake IT exemptions
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Congratulations to Neeraj Chopra.
Pegasus is still being deployed in India.
Congratulations to the women's hockey team.
Sudha Bharadwaj is still in jail.
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@suse4u
@poopoonga
Roads are for people to travel by vehicles. Sidewalks/Platforms are for people to walk.
None of these are for people to set shops.
There is no Savarna/Brahmanism etc. This is basic civic sense that we should aspire for, like developed nations.
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If you are a video person and wants to know about
#Aadhaar
and dissent, I have created a playlist with most of Usha Ramanathan's lectures |
@no2uid
@NirAadCollectiv
| Need volunteers to mirror them on
@joinpeertube
@internetarchive
etc
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This is an example of link sent in SMS. The link is enumerable - so anyone can take printout of entire constituencies' booth slips. Sending SMS with the link seem to be for "Do it yourself" option to voters.
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The PIB statement mentions "Donations to this fund will be exempted from income tax under section 80(G)." -- But here is the catch, is it 100% exempt like PMNRF or 50% exempt like other private registered charties?
@logic
Also that this proposed fund may not have tax exemptions under 80G. While PMNRF has 100% tax relief .
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Whats the big deal in first name, last name and date of birth getting leaked? Surprise Surprise, you just lost some passwords, including but not limited to eAadhaar.
#WineAndCheese
#InfoSec101
#Aadhaar
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Voters of Gandhinagar North,Kalol (Gandhinagar), Sanand, Ghatlodia, Vejalpur, Naranpura, Naroda, Sabarmati were among the ones whose data is hosted by
Change constituency number, booth number, serial number to get anyone booth slip
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PMNRF is exempted from Income Tax by statute. PM-CARES will be paying tax, so government can raise funds by taxing the received contributions citing the disaster ?
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This is
@ICICIBank
selling anyone's name associated to any bank account for ₹ 99 (incl GST). The person whose privacy got violated will be paid ₹ 1. Which genious comes with product like this ?
#Pennydrop
APIs are used by range of fintechs to fetch names
cc
@internetfreedom
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So
@13footwall
was actually breached and
#Aadhaar
lost hard disks and as usual
@UIDAI
is denying the data theft - even in an offline mode.
This is what happens when standard response is denial.
cc
@iam_anandv
@no2uid
@databaazi
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The idiocity of
@gatesfoundation
food fortification policy capture in India can take fortified rice to hands of people by force / lobbying via PDS - but cooking practice of Indians - let's fortified kernels float while cleaning & people will discard. cc
@anumayhem
@TimothyWSchwab
ரேஷன் கடைகளில் பிளாஸ்டிக் அரிசி? தண்ணீரில் மிதந்ததால் அதிர்ச்சி.. திருவள்ளூரில் பகீர் சம்பவம்
#Thiruvallur
#RationShop
#Rice
#NewsTamil24x7
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Lets look how
#FASTag
is well coordinated for a single agenda - sale of public funded highways to global finance and select interests (who may/may not fund electoral bonds).
Also, a side look on how Federalism is being eaten for breakfast by
@CMOTamilNadu
#Loot
#Alert
#Thread
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So
@UIDAI
brilliant idea of tackling biometric frauds is to mandate FIR(Finger Image Record) for all authentication transactions and deprecating FMR-alone auth transactions. Are they accepting RD L0 is fail? This is going to make that old lady in ration shop, wait for 5 more mins
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#Breaking
:
@IncomeTaxIndia
finally wakes up to SC order. After coercion, says will fix back online
#ITR
to make
#aadhaar
optional.
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Hot take - Databasing labour with mobile number is NOT formalization.
Formalisation includes employment contracts + social protection (which is there for every formal sector employee, including some startups that are funded).
Please don't offer extra credit when its not due.
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Linking
#Aadhaar
with
#VoterID
done at a Pooja store. That way, data goes straight to local BJP(?). This is in
@Udhaystalin
constituency.
Can we also link in nearest public toilet / reliance outlet?
How is this being allowed
@GSBediIAS
@chennaicorp
@TNelectionsCEO
?
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Shame on
@ArvindKejriwal
to say Oxygen is a subsidy by the govt and
#Aadhaar
is needed for it.
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Unsigned white paper press releases is how you respond. You are just doing more damage.
Clarification issued on Aarogya Setu App. Aarogya Setu App is a product of Government of India built in collaboration with the best of the minds of Industry & Academia. Worlds largest contact tracing App, appreciated by WHO also.
#SetuMeraBodyguard
#IndiaFightsCorona
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🥁🥁
@internetarchive
now has a "Archive all your Tweets with the Wayback Machine".
#Archives
#Twitter
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Last week
@NICMeity
did a shameful job on
#RTI
portal. They replaced the login div with
@PMOIndia
banner. You can now login only if you click the login link on top.
Why have national emblem etc? Replace everything with bearded man - you sycophants.
cc
@nikhilmkss
@AnjaliB_
Today when you visit RTI Online website - You need to close 2 popups - One each for
#PMMementoAuction
and
#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav
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Happy
#Pongal
,
#Sankranti
.
@GooglePlay
is finally rolling up it sleeves and getting into action mode after remaining silent for little over a month on
#KillerLoanApps
.
Apps given 5 days to produce documentation if they are licensed (/ approved agents of) banks / NBFCs.
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Given that a large number of people's date of birth is now exposed - financial regulators like
@RBI
,
@SEBI_India
@irdaindia
must issue guidelines to banks, mutual funds - to avoid any sensitive operation using date of birth to prevent fraudsters exploiting common man.
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#Breaking
- App install data from
@GooglePlay
is now available publicly!!!
@GooglePayIndia
- 255249413
@PayTM
- 250299994
@PhonePe
-191607643
@SetuAarogya
- 124294523
So despite coercion,
#AarogyaSetuApp
is only trusted by half digital populace!
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After
#DollarSanghi
- I coin a new term -
#DataSanghi
- one who readily gives up data when asked casually.
After
@PayTM
data getting shared to 'PMO' - now its
@AltNews
donor data shared by
@Razorpay
.
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I dont have any soft spots for
@NandanNilekani
, but this needs demystifying for people to see larger picture and not get personal, potshot happy and forget, but its important to understand what ROHINI is, what the healthcare agenda is, so Thread.
Nandan Nilekani (after his pet Aadhar) now building the tech infrastructure for Prime Minister Modi’s ambitious health insurance scheme has named it “Rohini”? Can it be a mere coincidence that Rohini is his wife’s name?
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So the reason could be
NEHRU!
. From PMNRF about page
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@fs0c131y
Please create a
@haveibeenpwned
for aadhaar with no logs, no cache, so people can search and know the status.
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Excited!! just got news on school alumini meet..
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