TRAI Chairman R S Sharma on Saturday took the Aadhaar-Privacy Debate to a new level when he disclosed his Aadhaar number on Twitter, challenging an activist to show how public disclosure of it could harm him.
Within no time, Elliot Alderson, a French security expert started posting of what he claims to be RS Sharma’s personal address, phone number linked with the Aadhaar number given, and even Pan card details.
He went on to disclose his WhatsApp profile picture and also RS Sharma’s alternate phone number. ‘ I stop here, I hope you will understand why make your #Aadhaar number public is not a good idea,’ he tweeted.
But this is not all, he went on and mocked PM Narendra Modi, asking him to share his Aadhaar number.
Hi @narendramodi,
Can you publish your #Aadhaar number (if you have one)?
Regards,
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) July 28, 2018
While much of the information that was dug out may already be in the public domain, the TRAI official did not verify whether the details pertaining to his PAN were indeed correct.