Re: India To Biometrically Identify All Of Its 1.2 Billion Citizens

On 8/18/12 5:25 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> http://singularityhub.com/2012/07/10/india-to-biometrically-identify-all-of-its-1-2-billion-citizens/
>
> This reminds me a lot of foaf : dnaChecksum
>
> I can conceive of possible LOD applications such as helping the poor, 
> or voting systems.
>
> I wonder if this can be published as linked open data, something like 
> an electoral role, or if there's privacy issues there?
>
>
There's always a privacy issue when dealing with personally identifiable 
data.

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