Re: DeitY - IRIS scanners in all phones

Maybe the idea of complete nation with IRIS scan came from the movie
"minority report"? :)

Seriously though the idea is a non starter and the only way it would work
is if Indian Government decided to have the feature for "security" reasons
for its top personnel and pay top $ for "military rugged" specially
commissioned phone from an "Indian" manufacturer - so could this be a way
to subsidise an Indian manufacturer ?
On May 25, 2015 4:35 AM, "Vickram Crishna" <v1clist-/[email protected]> wrote:

> On the face of it, nothing wrong if government employees conduct some
> research into considerations that may positively influence social change in
> the country. The fact they might behave as though the manufacturers are
> obliged to follow the Indian government's ideas on what constitutes a
> sustainable market is besides the point. Determining what features are
> necessary for device demand must surely be the orgasmic fulfillment of a
> bureaucrat's dreary life.
>
> Perhaps manufacturers don't need to learn this, but the Indian government
> has been operating for years on the principle that desirable and necessary
> features in a device are determined by the amount of subsidy money the
> government is willing to put into it. It simply doesn't know how to deal
> with a situation where subsidies are irrelevant.
>
> Vickram
>
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> ------------------------------
>   *From*:"Binu Balan" <[email protected]>
> *Date*:Sat, 23 May, 2015 at 3:49 pm
> *Subject*:Re: [india-gii] DeitY - IRIS scanners in all phones
>
> The last I checked we were at 1.252 BILLION!!  Utter nonsense !! And,
> moreover IRIS can be fooled in multiple ways.
>
> If for any reason DeitY is able to convince the manufacturers and this is
> implemented the cost of phones will go high and will hamper the smart phone
> penetration; which will impact digital growth.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Binu |+91-900-800-5935|
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Banibrata Dutta <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Anyone has any idea as to what is behind this seemingly very strange
>> discussion with "all stakeholders". Who "all" are part of this "all" ?
>>
>>
>> http://www.medianama.com/2015/05/223-deity-wants-all-mobiles-sold-in-india-to-have-iris-scanners-why
>>
>> --
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>> Banibrata
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