Ron Burgundy Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 By Sanjeev Miglani and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's parliament is set to pass legislation that gives federal agencies access to the world's biggest biometric database in the interests of national security, raising fears the privacy of a billion people could be compromised. The move comes as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cracks down on student protests and pushes a Hindu nationalist agenda in state elections, steps that some say erode India's traditions of tolerance and free speech. It could also usher in surveillance far more intrusive than the U.S. telephone and Internet spying revealed by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden in 2013, some privacy advocates said. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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