India Has Been Collecting Eye Scans and Fingerprint Records From Every Citizen. Here’s What to Know

Sep 30, 2018, 04:08 PM
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Wednesday marked a significant milestone for the world’s largest biometric ID system, India's Aadhaar program.

When the program launched in 2009, India set out to achieve a world-first: giving every citizen a unique, biometrically-verifiable identification number.