Between this biometric ID system (Aaadhaar) and demonetization, India is a great example of how quickly utopian tech ideas that appeal to corporations become tools of government authoritarianism.<p>I wrote about this here: <a href="https://hackernoon.com/i-boycott-paytm-5df93d189356" rel="nofollow">https://hackernoon.com/i-boycott-paytm-5df93d189356</a><p>And I like this article about the general issue: <a href="http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-technology-has-never-been-this-political-in-india/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-tech...</a><p>Interesting fact I came across: the UK government destroyed their biometric ID database a few years ago <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/id-card-database-destroyed" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/id-card-database-destroye...</a>