One of India’s most significant documents is now Aadhaar. Aadhaar is a must-have document for everything from purchasing to opening a bank account. As a result, it is critical to secure this document, which links to other documents and contains our biometric information, such as our name and DOB.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) regularly adds new security features to Aadhaar to prevent fraudsters from misusing it. A new security feature for fingerprint authentication based on Aadhaar has also been introduced by the agency. Additionally, it will speed up the detection of spoofing attempts.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI/ML) are the foundations of the new mechanism. It checks the liveness of the captured fingerprint by using a “combination of both finger minutia and finger image.”
“This is making Aadhaar authentication transactions even more robust and secure,” UIDAI stated in a statement. “The UIDAI stated in a release that the new two-factor/layer authentication is adding add-on checks to validate the genuineness (liveness) of the fingerprint in order to further reduce the chances of spoofing attempts.”
The development is anticipated to be extremely useful in the telecom, government, and banking and financial sectors. It will benefit the bottom of the pyramid by strengthening the Aadhaar-enabled payment system and thwarting dishonest attempts to commit fraud.
“The new security mechanism for fingerprint authentication based on Aadhaar has now been made fully operational. The migration and rollout were completed “after months of discussion and support from UIDAI’s partners and user agencies,” according to the release.
All entities are in touch with the UIDAI head office and its regional offices to help any user agency that hasn’t yet migrated to the new secured authentication mode switch.
