On Saturday 26 November 2011 12:59:01 Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > On 26 November 2011 12:39, Shamit Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Or, a team of anthropologists discover a tribe of people living in the > >> deep jungles of Chattisgarh. The tribe has a population of a few > >> hundred. What do you do? > > > > Issue them ID. > > But you don't know they are legal or illegal residents. I chose those > two states specifically - in the case of Chattisgarh, it is the > government's claim that non-Indians are living and training the > Maoists. > > > Just like other countries with national IDs handle this issue. Till > > you are a visitor, your visa or TAX ID serves as ID. Once you get > > resident status you get national ID like SSN. > > First of all, remember that the US SSN is neither a national ID nor is > it compulsory. Secondly, I wouldn't quote the USA as a prime example > of a country that respects or honours its citizens' or visitors' > privacy expectations. I wouldn't use it as an example of a country > that has a good control on public spending either. >
He sounds like a UIDAI mouthpiece. All the same rubbish spouted by their spokespersons. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
