UIDAI would start using postal secret pins for Aadhaar updates next year

[Sushubh]

Letters with secret pin will make updating Aadhaar address easier by 2019 - India News

If you don't have a valid proof of residence of your current location, worry not. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the apex body that issues Aadhaar card, is set to start a new service next year that will help people update their address in an easier way.

The new service will start from April 1, 2019, says a report by news agency PTI.

"Residents who are not having acceptable proof of address may submit their request for address verification through Aadhaar letter having a secret code. Once the letter is received by the resident, he/she can use the secret code to update his/her address in Aadhaar on the SSUP online portal," the UIDAI said in a notification on Tuesday, PTI reported.

 

[vishalrao]

Great. If anyone knows my aadhaar number, they can request this so-called "secret" PIN letter to their own address and update my aadhaar fraudulently?

 

[amish]

^^^ I came here just to post this!

We will come to know exact process only after pilot tests that start in January.

 

[Sushubh]

Otp might be required. So... Intercepting of texts might still make it possible? ?

 

[amish]

I should be allowed to disable this so called "feature" for my Aadhar number. (just like I can disable biometrics)