As I write this, government workers in India are undertaking the largest biometric data collection and assignment of unique ID numbers in history. 1.2 billion people are getting iris scanned and fingerprinted. I first talked about this on my radio show over a year ago, when I interviewed one of the leading Indian opponents of the UID (Unique ID) scheme. I'm glad the mainstream press has finally picked it up!

Of course, U.S. biometrics giant L-1 and President Obama are involved. For more on the topic of creepy government data-collection initiatives, here's another radio show I did on these themes. (See Hour 1).