There was an article in the L.A. Times newspaper dated May 11, 2017, India’s not-so-foolproof ID plan. The plan is according to the article is to build the most ambitious biometric plan ever conceived. The identity program is called Aadhaar or “foundation,” which will record the fingerprints and irises of 1.1 Billion residents of the country. The article further states that 9 out of 10 people have already been registered in the system they are assigned a unique 12 digit number that serves as a digital identity that can be verified by a scan of the finger or Iris of an individual. The government has made it a requirement to pay taxes or to apply for state benefits such as pensions. People who are poor are hit the hardest because in order to get their monthly ration of subsidized food they must have this number in the database. The bottom line is you cannot buy or…