Hey Amar, This is a super important issue you’ve brought up! I have a suggestion to add to the list: The new Aadhaar app should absolutely include a *Fingerprint Authentication* option for logging in. It feels like a big miss.
If biometric verification works for things like SIM card issuance, why can't a visually impaired person simply use their fingerprint to log in? The current face authentication, which relies on eye blinking, is extremely difficult for someone with no vision who can't accurately position the camera on their face—they can't rely on sighted assistance every time. Fingerprint is the most straightforward and reliable alternative. For security, if they're worried, they could verify the user is visually impaired using their UDID card or a certificate and only offer this feature to them. Hope this input helps with your contempt notice! Cheers, Nitinbhai On Wed, 4 Feb, 2026, 9:47 am Amar Jain, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all-the new Aadhaar app, while a welcome step in terms of the > features it offers as completely overlooked the mandate of the Supreme > Court judgement dated 30th April 2025, so much so that it still relies on > blinking of eyes for face authentication, and there is no other way to > login if you have set up your face authentication. > > I am serving them a contempt notice and want to list down all possible > issues that we as community can figure out. I will be grateful for your > inputs at the earliest, but no later than tomorrow morning. Thank you. > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/D9CD40FF-1F73-4CE3-A5FD-4134D8E95A47%40amarjain.com > . > -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAOgfkt%3D_X-bd19V4jLFQ0wgmzpDXRh96S3qAPV5KsF-9uK5GfA%40mail.gmail.com.
