Wesnoth 1.14 released! Headed straight for Under the Burning Suns campaign where lot of changes had been made. The portraits have been completely changed and some stats too. https://social.systemreboot.net/attachment/80283
Prabir Purkayastha of Free software movement of India explains how biometrics can be misused - it can be mapped to any data and hence it as good as self certification. This the common defense of UIDAI pointless - that biometrics information is safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Q3g1BxfHk #DestroyTheAadhaar !India
#DestroyTheAadhaar Ironically the nincompoops from UIDAI/iSpirt whose internal narrative is to stop digital colonialism from Micro$oft, Google, etc now had to hire a colonialist to speak on their behalf.
Quote: "If anyone has a credit card, I'll get that data. If anyone has a loyalty membership of a lifestyle (service), I'll get that data. I'll get the data wherever it's given."
One of my worst fears have come true: existence of unregulated entities that can obtain information of citizens at will and use it to manipulate voters. https://social.systemreboot.net/url/80094 I'm more than happy that I refuse to give information wherever I can avoid it, give wrong info whenever I can, use cash instead of card, etc.
Finally, we are where we started. Those who want multiple Aadhaar numbers, can always get it and those who don’t want will be content with their only Aadhaar number. Further, even if one has only one Aadhaar number, the demographic information can be whatever one want them to be.
"Analyzing the ECMP software is quite simple and can be accomplished by the following steps:
Download the Official software from any of the public locations (AISECT). Install it on any windows laptop. Reverse the Java libraries present in C:\UID Authority of India\Aadhaar Enrolment Client\lib\in.gov.uidai.*.jar, using standard tools like Java Disassembler.
A few things stand out
There is no obfuscation. (Face Palm #1) There is code to detect tampering of the software, but the programming in that module is quite poor, and can be tampered/bypassed very easily. All security checks are concentrated in one single module, which also ships with instructions on how to rebuild that module, thus making it very patch friendly. (Multiple repeated face palms)" https://medium.com/karana/aadhaar-a-self-certified-id-a63e299b36f5 #AadhaarFail #DestroyTheAadhaar
Heard a libertarian say that it is the "free market" that resulted in better wages and good working hours as there is competition amongst employers to provide better working conditions. I think that they have the Chinese govt's disastrous "great leap forward" policy when they say that.
Bought a large jack fruit from a village 4 hours away and carried it in my trekking bag. It was quite heavy, but when I came back to my room, I weighted and found that it was 15kg! Need to wait for a day or two before it ripens completely.