Chandigarh, January 9: American whistleblower Edward Snowden delivered a firm reproof to the Indian government on Tuesday for “destroying the privacy” of its citizens and spoke out in support of the reporter who broke the Aadhaar data breach+ story.
Panning the government for its “shoot the messenger” outlook on the matter, Snowden said instead of prosecuting the journalist, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) should be penalised for the alleged leak.
“The journalists exposing the Aadhaar breach deserve an award, not an investigation. If the government were truly concerned for justice, they would be reforming the policies that destroyed the privacy of a billion Indians. Want to arrest those responsible? They are called UIDAI,” Snowden said in a tweet.
