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Aadhaar-integrated Cameras Can Be A Game-changer In Fight against Covid-19

The combination of Aadhaar card and Artificial Intelligence can be a game-changer in the fight against Coronavirus. As India, experts say, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) can play an unprecedented role in tackling an unseen enemy like Coronavirus.

UIDAI officials say that if a camera that can capture an individual’s image along with the body temperature is placed at a public place and is integrated with the Aadhaar data, it can prove to be a game-changer.

The camera can take the picture and read the body temperature of everyone present there. Software can be programmed in the camera that will identify only those people whose body temperatures read beyond a permissible limit, let’s say 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

UIDAI has images and contact details of over 123 crore people of India. It will match the images received from the camera with its existing data and can send an alert to the government authorities. 

Lal said manual thermal checking might have chances of error but the technology-driver system will be nearly fool-proof. “If human interference is minimized, controversies like Tablighi Jamat will not happen.

Companies dealing with AI say that today such cameras are available that can recognize the face and measure the temperature of people even with masks

Bikas Jha, Country Head, RealNetworks said, “In technology, the thermal cameras being originated from China may be giving readings with high error rates; that may be counter-productive for such initiative to implement technology for countering COVID-19 spread.

Sidharth Luthra, former additional solicitor general said The present Aadhaar Act doesn’t allow the government to use the data for such purposes.  “The 5 judge bench decision in the Aadhaar case looked at the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar law and considered that the failure to establish the identity of a person is a major hindrance in the successful implementation of welfare programs. Protection of life and providing of healthcare is part of a state’s duty under Article 21

Sanjay Hegde, who backed the right to privacy in Aadhaar case in the Supreme Court, said that even at a public place there is a presumption of privacy but any breach of that could possibly be made proportionate.  

Source: Outlook

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