Your privacy and security concerns about the Aadhaar number are set to go away, with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) introducing a virtual ID and limited know-your-customer (KYC). The virtual ID will be a temporary, revocable 16-digit random number mapped with the Aadhaar number. It will not be possible to derive the Aadhaar number from the virtual ID.
Another important part of this move is that a user can generate as many virtual IDs as he or she wants. The older ID gets automatically cancelled once a fresh one is generated. It’s a major change, ...
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First Published: Thu, January 11 2018. 00:12 IST
