– World's largest biometric database is leaking Indian citizens' data (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 5, 2017

Over the last few months, the Indian twittersphere has been awash with citizens concerned about government websites leaking millions of individual digital ID numbers.
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