India's UIDAI tells public to stop posting Aadhaar numbers after activist pressure
kingslyj · x · 2026-10-22
UIDAI issued a press statement advising people not to publicly post their Aadhaar numbers or challenge others to do so. Developer kingslyj claims credit, saying he got the agency to change/adopt this policy in under 4 days including a weekend, citing his 2018 stunt challenging officials to publish their own Aadhaar details.
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