Kiran Jonnalagadda @jackerhack Twitter profile

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

By age 35 you should have a shelf full of books you can't read because they're not ebooks, but can't throw away either because you intend to read them.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 months

Tomorrow we vote this clown out of office.

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@Tejasvi_Surya

5 months

Our generation was blessed to witness the majestic Surya Tilak on Bhagwan Shri Ram at Ayodhya on Ram Navami. A wait for almost 500 years & a wish of crores of Bharatiyas was fulfilled by PM Shri @narendramodi Ji. For Bharatiyata to survive, vote for BJP! #DakshinakkeSurya

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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6 years

When I was due to turn 30, I worried I was getting too old. I’ll be 40 next year and am looking forward to it. The 20s are for discovering how the world works, 30s for figuring out your place in it, and 40s for really getting into the groove.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

9 days

Brilliant idea. The Chinese must also run a certification program for all Chinese food in India.

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Most of the "Indian restaurants" in foreign countries are run by Pakistani and Bangladeshis. Their food is substandard, service sucks, and they are profiting of the 'Indian food' brand name as not many will eat if it is called Pakistani or Bangla food. They are also eating into

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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3 years

So Modi, who's never fielded an unscripted question, finally got one on air and lost his cool for it? Genius move, Kejriwal.

Through live telecast of PM meet, Kejriwal wanted to publicly convey Delhi’s grim Covid situation

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

We don't have vaccines, so we're going to indulge in the national timepass of making apps because we don't know what else to do.

ANI

@ANI

3 years

With regard to administering vaccine for 18-44 years age group, a new app needs to be developed & this will be interfaced with Cowin App & later the vaccination schedule will be prepared taking into account the availability of vaccines: Karnataka Deputy CM CN Ashwath Narayan

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

The MobiKwik leak is real. Here is what the dump had for me. One of those credit cards was valid until a couple weeks ago, and I don't recall authorising MobiKwik to save it. Companies that lie like 👇 ought to be taken to the cleaners.

MobiKwik

@MobiKwik

4 years

A media-crazed so-called security researcher has repeatedly over the last week presented concocted files wasting precious time of our organization while desperately trying to grab media attention.We thoroughly investigated his allegations and did not find any security lapses. 1/n

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

Sir we want vaccine not SMS.

Dr Harsh Vardhan

@drharshvardhan

3 years

Pleased to note our world-class Co-WIN platform ensured smooth rollout of beneficiary registration for Phase 3 of world’s #LargestVaccineDrive In just first 3 hours: 🔸80L+ people registered 🔹1.45 cr SMS successfully delivered 🔸38.3 cr API hits recorded @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

4 years

⚠️ Aarogya Setu is not open source. We got a press release and some random code to keep the public distracted. The released code is not for the app that everyone is using. ⚠️

Srikanth.CashlessConsumer | ஸ்‌ரீகாந்த்

@logic

4 years

Merge history of @SetuAarogya in last 3 days. Is the app dead? Or is this a toy / fake repo like @asdofindia claims? Also, note that the developers have not responded to multiple CVE reports on issues. #AarogyaSetuApp - Dumping code on @github alone isn't OSS. #MissingDevelopers

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Major, major story on Aadhaar data breach. So big that your eyes will glaze over and you'll struggle to grasp the significance and will want to move on, treating this as irrelevant. Don't. This is important.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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4 years

The only thing more disturbing than videos of police brutality is the number of people cheering for them. We are a culture with a deep longing for violence on the other.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Holy cow! The CEO of UIDAI under oath in the Supreme Court declared that ALL Aadhaar data breach reports are false. Every single incident report, from @digitaldutta ’s to @rachnakhaira ’s to @fs0c131y ’s to @squeal ’s. All bogus? The audacity!

sflc.in

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6 years

ABP says software is secure and there hasn't been one data leak till date. Tells court to not believe media reports. Denies recent report of breach by ZDnet

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

The striking thing about trying to work during a trip outside India is: 1. How expensive mobile data is, and 2. How slow Internet connections are (both WiFi and mobile) Internet in India is dirt cheap and *fast*. Remarkable how this has changed from only a few years ago.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

7 years

This clown is in charge of the Aadhaar database? Wow! You have to watch this unbelievable interview. #AadhaarFail

CNBC-TV18 - @CNBCTV18Live

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

7 years

Dear @OfficeOfRG , yes your party has been insulted, but so has been every single citizen of this country with Aadhaar coercion. Pick the cause that really matters to India. Discuss Aadhaar in Parliament tomorrow. Don’t disrupt it. #SpeakForMe

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

4 years

Gather around kids, for there's a tale to tell. When I was 21, I let my hair grow long, because it was the ultimate act of rebellion for a 21 year old. This is how it looked at its longest 👇 but this tale isn't about the hair.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

4 years

People arguing that online commerce will accelerate to replace physical commerce as a result of Covid-19: what are you smoking? Amazon and Flipkart are basically dead. The only things you can buy are from physical stores now. This virus has hit the undo switch on e-commerce.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

@neetakolhatkar Please shut this down. Missed call campaigns (pro or anti) are essentially useless, and people who are calling do not understand that their number is being saved into a database that they have no control over. Please do not encourage people to put themselves at risk.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

4 years

I grew up caste blind, knowing little more than what was taught in school. I've made amends, but one of the big mysteries is how the mechanism of caste blindness works. How do so many of us manage to grow up barely noticing? (Making my 2021 reading list. Help?)

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

8 years

Now she's feminist, sweet, sensitive, intelligent, poetic, understanding and kind. That's awesome.

The Bad Doctor

@DOCTORATLARGE

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She was sweet, sensitive, intelligent, poetic, understanding and kind. Then she became a feminist

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

The most powerful picture I've seen from the Hong Kong protests yet. I'm in awe of the people of Hong Kong. Source:

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

2 years

@anu141 @Maladroithe Did you miss where he said discussing specifics will be a violation of his NDA?

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@jackerhack

3 years

2021 is ending and there hasn't been a peep about the census. First time it's been skipped in the history of the Indian census. Total silence about this all around. इतना सन्नाटा क्यों है भाई?

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5 years

Me: “Mama is coming home.” 5 y.o.: “I want to see the map.” Swiggy has raised the bar for parenting. 😅

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Out of an abundance of caution, I have changed my phone number at three banks where I have accounts. This has utterly broken UPI for me. The UPI ecosystem treats phone number as primary identity. A new number means you're a new person. The situation is tragi-comic.

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@jackerhack

7 years

Fed up of being coerced into Aadhaar? Tell your Member of Parliament to #SpeakForMe . We’ve made it easy.

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@jackerhack

6 years

And no FIR filed, because friends don't file FIRs on friends. Also, please don't mention Jio's data leak again. #Aadhaar

The Indian Express

@IndianExpress

6 years

UIDAI restores Airtel's authorisation for Aadhaar-based eKYC

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Shame on you, @Wipro . Cancel your contracts. You cannot be the enabler of such bigotry. You cannot take refuge in a claim that you only provide the technology and your client does the persecuting. Wear your conscience on your sleeve.

Suvojit

@suvojitc

5 years

Wipro, which provided tech for Assam NRC would have surely known if a nationwide NRC was in the works or not.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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3 years

The hospital can mark you as vaccinated, with no burden of proof. Where are all the Aadhaar enthusiasts proclaiming that it will solve corruption by preventing id theft and double dipping? This exact loophole has always been in Aadhaar: no burden of proof of service delivery.

IamWhoIam

@shrutinair1

3 years

I DID NOT GET ANY VACCINE AT THE CENTER! I AM NOT VACCINATED! I went to 3 centers, including the one where I got the appointment. Still did not get any vaccine. BUT I was still sent a CERTIFICATE for vaccination! And now I can't reschedule or book for my first dose #CowinApp

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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4 years

Aarogya Setu should be classified as placebo tech. So much faith in it with zero evidence that it works at all. Placebo tech is an excellent diversion for anyone who needs to do something for the sake of appearances. Case in point Zomato.

Deepinder Goyal

@deepigoyal

4 years

Today, we’ve started mandating each of our delivery partners to install and use @SetuAarogya . The idea is to keep individuals as well as the authorities informed in case they have crossed paths with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus – to prevent further spread.[6/n]

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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5 years

In case it isn't obvious yet, the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens, National Population Register and Aadhaar are all facets of a common larger project. If you had a hand in Aadhaar, congratulations. Be proud of what you enabled. This is your achievement.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Earning an FIR from @UIDAI is this generation's version of going to jail as a political prisoner. #Aadhaar

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@jackerhack

6 years

“Democracy is not practiced by the state, it is practiced by the people.” —Usha Ramanathan

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4 years

What the boom? #Bangalore

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

8 years

I wrote a 4500 word rant on Aadhaar. Ask me anything, but read it first. 18 minutes of your time.

A rant on Aadhaar

I’m going to preface this by stating that this is an intensely personal opinion, coloured by my experiences working on identity projects…

medium.com

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

India has no data protection law, so our minister enthusiastically claims compliance with European law, which of course has no jurisdiction here. Lawmakers are now openly making a mockery of the law.

Jayant Sinha

@jayantsinha

5 years

Very exciting to see #DigiYatra national digital traveler system beginning to take shape at @BLRAirport Your face will become your boarding pass and it will be rolled out across India soon @AAI_Official @DelhiAirport Privacy protection is built in through GDPR compliance

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

2 years

@EegleMetroz @fasc1nate This is city rail. I'd like to get into one in walking distance from home, please.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Power to you, @Shehla_Rashid . The government's scared of you.

ANI

@ANI

5 years

A Delhi court directs police to issue 10 day pre-arrest notice to Shehla Rashid if the need arises to arrest her in the alleged case of defaming Indian Army on social media, while disposing of her anticipatory bail application.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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6 years

It is remarkable how easily some people confuse a citizen with a consumer. Billionaires will not save the poor by offering them services. Human rights are not a consumer experience. You cannot wish away the role of the state in upholding rights. #Aadhaar

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5 years

I went to the Bangalore General Post Office today to enquire about a parcel that's been stuck in transit since July. It's somewhere in there. One customs official was valiantly opening everything to determine the tax on all the $1 and $2 trinkets people order from AliExpress.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

I habe acquired a laser distance measure, because why not? Now I know that Indiranagar's 80 feet road is 80 feet from wall to wall. The road itself is only 40 feet, but after recent renovation has expanded to 45 feet (+kerb parking). Now accepting requests for other measurements

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 months

Aren't we about due for the customary pre-election national security incident? Am I the only one jittery it hasn't happened yet?

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@jackerhack

7 years

What's this? Have we caught an Aadhaar troll? Can someone try this and confirm? #AadhaarTrollMafia

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

2 years

Amazing that a property search is taken so casually. "Blank phone" is an accusation?

Live Law

@LiveLawIndia

2 years

Prosecutor: inke mobile se saari applications deleted thi. Ye blank phone lekar aaye the. Grover: I was in a different case. This is a different case. In each i am given a protection. Please substantiate when you're making such serious allegations. #MohammedZubair #AltNews

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

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5 years

Install and setup these apps before your internet is shutdown. Chances are someone around you will also have the app and will stay connected to you. Be prepared. 1. Firechat 2. Briar 3. Bridgefy #CAAProtest #CAA_NRC

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@jackerhack

7 years

Hold your ground, everyone. Aadhaar is not an invincible monster. We, the citizens of India shall prevail.

Live Law

@LiveLawIndia

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#Aadhaar is not mandatory for #NEET2018 OR any other examination

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Amazon Pay has steadily eroded all utility for Paytm, taking over 100% of its use cases. Now Paytm has engaged harakiri mode, dictating what I may or may not do with my phone. That uninstall prompt leads to you, Paytm. Bye.

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4 months

Fact check: this is an outcome of the 2015 people's demand to #SaveTheInternet resulting in the 2016 #NetNeutrality regulation that derailed dreams of walled gardens in favour of the open internet. The mobile data boom came after this. We the people of India did this.

ANI

@ANI

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#WATCH | Delhi: Rajan Anandan, MD Peak XV Partners says, "Post the reforms of 2014, the number of active mobile phone data users in India has become more than 800 million, which is more than in the US & China combined. So that's an extraordinary transformation of a digital

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7 years

@Confident_India @criticrahul @Indiaforward2 @munshiji2017 @draveedian @Acitizen13 Here's the full story on #AadhaarTrollMafia . Read till the end. It's far more sinister than one rogue agent trolling

Inside the mind of India’s chief tech stack evangelist

Earlier this month a flurry of newly created Twitter troll accounts began heckling me about Aadhaar. Who were these people, and what had I…

medium.com

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Justice Chandrachud's dissent on Aadhaar will circle the globe before returning to India. In time, our Supreme Court will wake up too.

Jamaica SC Follows Justice Chandrachud's Aadhaar Dissent To Declare Its National Identification...

"Dr Chandrachud J, in my respectful view, demonstrated a greater sensitivity to the issues of privacy and freedom that is not as evident in the judgments of the majority", said Chief Justice of...

www.livelaw.in

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

Aadhaar was always meant to be an instrument of exclusion. Everything in its design is about finding a reason to exclude someone, from "deduplication" to "seeding" to "authentication". Another entry into the case file.

Komal Mistry

@tarikpetarik

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My Nani 83 years is denied vaccine in Mira Bhayandar bcz has a aadhar card from Malad. Centre asking to bring noc from society as a proof she stys with us. @MumbaiPolice @ThaneCityPolice can you help please?

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6 years

Someone in Oxigen's customer care department has no idea what this democracy thing is, or how it's related to this Aadhaar thing.

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@jackerhack

5 years

The only people who make phone calls to me anymore: 1. Swiggy delivery executives standing outside the door. 2. Concerned persons asking if I invest in the stock market. 3. "Some kid will die if you don't give money." Phone calls > /dev/null

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4 years

How is money from the PM-CARES fund being disbursed? Is there any data available?

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@jackerhack

3 years

Am I the only one who gets anxiety from scheduling appointments? 1️⃣ I can't sleep the night before a trip. 2️⃣ I can't focus in the hours leading to a scheduled two minute phone call. 3️⃣ Asking for an appointment is the surest way to ruin my day. My best work gets done at night.

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@jackerhack

2 years

Every month or so someone calls me and announces that they are my new bank account manager and the previous person is gone and I should save their number. Then they ask if I have any requirements. Hello? Who are you? How do I verify you? What distinguishes you from a scammer?

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3 months

Against the Grain is easily the best book I've read in many years. It helped me make peace with the understanding that the atrocities of various states from India to Israel are inherent to civilization; that resistance and reform are worthwhile efforts.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

7 years

I don't think I've seen a dog in a superhero costume before.

WeRateDogs

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7 years

Meet Frida. She's in the search & rescue division of the Mexican Navy along with two German shepherds. Sadly, she's been busy lately. 14/10

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3 years

All this while it was an exclusionary system that required English, phones and internet, and we didn't mind because we were not excluded. But now an additional condition is added – techie – and all hell breaks loose. Suddenly everyone understands exclusion. It didn't start here

Srinivas Kodali

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If you want to blame anyone for co-win, blame Nilekani and RS Sharma. Two people who proposed Aadhaar based centralized platform for vaccination and forcing it on the population.

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4 years

It never got worse for me because the creeping out was bi-directional — and that was my male privilege. Not everyone has it that easy. Women experience the male gaze ALL THE TIME, to the point it's institutionalized into cultural norms. Learn more here: #INeverAskForIt

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@jackerhack

6 years

Deeply disappointed at @rssharma3 for his engagement around this tweet, defending himself on the basis of the privilege he holds, instead of considering the plight of the vulnerable.

Dr. RS Sharma

@rssharma3

6 years

@kingslyj My Aadhaar number is 7621 7768 2740 Now I give this challenge to you: Show me one concrete example where you can do any harm to me!

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7 years

Aadhaar authentication does not work. Here is data showing only 59% success rate in 13,300,000 transactions. This is not anecdotal. This is data.

V. Anand | வெ. ஆனந்த்

@iam_anandv

7 years

Given the SC Case on probabilistic biometrics, here is the full biometric authentication Log from Andhra available publicly for anyone to run their own analytics. Link: The data is 1.68 GB big and has 1.33 Crore records.

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7 years

UIDAI has no idea how many different places the ecosystem is leaking data from. Aadhaar endangers national security, and the government needs to act fast. My column in the Mint today.

The Aadhaar ecosystem leaks too much data

The ecosystem treats a breach as a simple accident, without regard for consequences to the victims

www.livemint.com

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3 years

Glorious sun #halo in Bangalore right now.

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@jackerhack

2 years

We moved home last month. Two years of pandemic WFH were soul crushing. The view from the window shrunk to a handheld six inches. We yearned for space and light in a nice neighbourhood. It took six months to find the place, and another three to move in.

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8 years

Aadhaar is designed to protect the state from citizen fraud. Nothing in Aadhaar's design protects the citizen from state fraud. User beware.

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7 years

Govt & @UIDAI : " @cis_india is anti-national and hacked Aadhaar" Supreme Court: "CIS's work on privacy is a reference for our judgement" 💪

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Aadhaar identity fraud primer. Three concepts: identity, authentication and authorisation. Repeat after me: 1. Identity is not authentication. 2. Authentication is not authorisation. 1/n

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3 years

Misty road to Kodaikanal this afternoon.

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@jackerhack

4 years

When Manu Joseph decides it's time to take a shit on you, you know you're doing the right thing AND making an impact. Cheers to everyone who spoke up. ✌️

Manu Joseph

@manujosephsan

4 years

It was inevitable that when ArogyaSetu emerged there would be privacy hysteria, a form of megalomania. People overrating the banal data of their lives. Only the humble can see: anonymised private information of a society is a public resource. My latest:

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6 years

Similar story. @zainabbawa and I married in the registrar's office by signing paperwork, and hosted reception the same evening. Budget 40k. It will be ten years tomorrow.

Rizwan.

@RizwanTakkhar

6 years

Guys shaadi season hai so here's my wedding story in a thread so you guys know that having apni marzi ki shaadi is possible. My guest list had 25 names: friends and parents. The venue was my terrace. The menu was chicken tikka, seekh kabab, pathooray chanay halwa strawberries.

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2 years

I changed the number associated with my bank accounts four years ago out of a worry for how porous the UPI system was. Now I get most of my daily spam calls on this secret number that only my banks are supposed to know. How is this happening? Who leaked this number to spammers?

Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Out of an abundance of caution, I have changed my phone number at three banks where I have accounts. This has utterly broken UPI for me. The UPI ecosystem treats phone number as primary identity. A new number means you're a new person. The situation is tragi-comic.

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7 years

@petelau2007 @tsuvik What about OnePlus2? It's been less than two years since that model was released. If you can't keep a 2yr update window, how can I trust OP?

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@jackerhack

5 years

It is March 31 and I don't have an Aadhaar to link with PAN. Aadhaar's propagandists have spent a decade insisting it is optional and meant to be an instrument of inclusion. Today I stand threatened of having my life destroyed for testing this claim. Your move, Aadhaar mafia.

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@jackerhack

3 years

I've applied for two large loans in the past month. Surprise observation: bank officials asking for documents far in excess of need, to be sent over WhatsApp and Gmail addresses. It's like the underground data markets are anchored within the banks themselves.

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@jackerhack

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Holy shit! The Aadhaar leaks are far, far worse than anticipated. Every single enrolment operator had access to the full database, and they didn’t even need to know Aadhaar numbers. Today’s exposé by @iam_anandv in Kārana.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Walking through Domlur, found this cow eating what appears to be optic fibre cable. There goes someone's internet.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

4 years

Ooh, interesting movie. Where can I watch it? Netflix? ❎ Amazon Prime Video? ❎ Disney+ Hotstar? ❎ The Pirate Bay? ✅ Long live TPB.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Walked from Koregaon Park to Pune Airport. For some reason, this makes me very happy. Hurrah for pedestrian friendly cities!

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@jackerhack

6 years

This is hilarious, and shit scary. It's the digital equivalent of officials reading words off a teleprompter without paying any attention whatsoever to what they are saying. Why does anyone need advanced deepfake technology when it is this easy to put words in officials' mouths?

Pratik Sinha

@free_thinker

6 years

How do you get a Union Minister to tweet what you want? Well, you go and edit the trending document made by BJP IT cell, and then you control what they tweet. Thread. Here's the video of this morning when their trending document got automagically updated :-) 1/n

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

We went to Karnataka High Court regarding the Aadhaar PAN linking matter. CBDT asked for more time to respond, so the judge ordered a freeze until then ("directed to not precipitate"). Deadline postponed.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

7 years

Received on WhatsApp: Guys, if you know any of the strong anti-Aadhaar tech experts personally, give them a heads up that the govt is planning a big push against them next week. Building on Nilekani's statement yesterday that things were being orchestrated, (1/2)

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

7 years

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” —Upton Sinclair Nikhil Kumar is smarter than he appears here. Don't be fooled.

Nikhil Kumar

@nikhilkumarks

7 years

Summary of the anti-aadhaar arguments: On one hand they are arguing that biometric verification is so bad it's excluding people & then later same guys argue that biometric identification - which is probably 10K times more difficult - is so good that it'll be used for surveillance

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Internet shopping. By inventory: AliExpress: hero Amazon: also-ran Flipkart: zero Amazon US: window shopping only By delivery: AliExpress: gifts to future self Amazon: hero Flipkart: also-ran Amazon US: money grows on tree in your backyard

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

The Kunal Kamra–Arnab Goswami incident is so fence-shaking. On the one hand I want to cheer Kunal for doing what all of us dreamt of doing. On the other hand, there's the slippery slope. Should we really be adopting the tactics of those we detest? So conflicting.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

4 years

It's magical how pat-down physical security at malls has become completely unnecessary since the pandemic.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Featuring the 5¾ y.o. who made her own poster borrowing from everyone around.

Shariq

@_riqsha

5 years

Here's some cuteness fr Town Hall, Bangalore 😭😭😭

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

The GST system penalizes buyers when sellers don't file taxes. This creates a perverse incentive for buyers (e.g. my co.) to not clear payments in full until the seller files taxes. Filing has changed from monthly to quarterly, so that's up to 3 months suspense for both parties.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

7 years

In which @wadhwa trots out the same tired argument. Facebook is not a sovereign. Facebook can't cancel your phone number, seize your bank account, or starve you to death. Government does all that with Aadhaar.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Opinions that haven't aged well.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Raw Pressery is selling maple syrup packaged as almond milk. Notice the primary ingredient. Maple syrup is sugar that comes from a tree, so you'll be drinking sugar water with 5% almonds in it.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

@I_RajivSinha @TamannaInamdar @chandrarsrikant @rssharma3 @AyushmanNHA @ETNOWlive It can. It's possible to read an OTP and submit it to the website. How do you think techies test their own websites? This kind of automation is an essential skill for any good techie.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Disruptive innovation. Sugar-free sugarcane! Hot damn! What will they think up next?

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

5 years

Google: Privacy should not be a luxury good. Facebook: We fucked up. Aadhaar Mafia: Privacy is not a fundamental right. [Oops!] What is privacy anyway? Is there even a word for it in local languages? Nationalise all data! Look, we're even passing bills to legalise this seizure!

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

Oh dear. @Zomato appears to have missed a history lesson on the origin of the croissant.

Croissant - Wikipedia

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zomato

@zomato

6 years

#EidMubarak 🌙

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

3 years

“Sir, we’d like your feedback on a 1–10 scale. 1–8 is considered poor and 9 and 10 are good.” “I’ll give you an 8.” “Why sir? 8 is poor.” Net Promoter Score is a scam.

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Kiran Jonnalagadda

@jackerhack

6 years

This statement is inconsistent. A "bonafide agency" investigating me is not seeking my permission, so if Paytm complies to their data sharing request, it is NOT with my permission. The ambiguous language can only mean one thing: @Paytm has indeed done something to be ashamed of.