After reports emerged of Election Commission of India (ECI) using facial recognition technology at바카라 웹사이트a polling booth in Bengaluru, internet rights organisation Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has filed an RTI with the ECI and raised concerns about바카라 웹사이트surveillance of voting habits.
The report by Moneycontrol said that the system will be piloted at one polling station — Room no. 2, Government Ramnarayan Chellaram College on Palace Road, near the office of the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer. EC officials told바카라 웹사이트Moneycontrol바카라 웹사이트that voters at this polling station would need to download the EC's Chunavana mobile application..
After keying in their Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number, mobile number and generating an OTP, they will need to upload a selfie through the app. Once a voter reached the polling booth, he/she would undergo facial recognition scanning for verification, the report said.바카라 웹사이트IFF has asked바카라 웹사이트a copy of the relevant government order/notice/direction accompanying this move in its RTI.바카라 웹사이트
Among other details, it also asked them to바카라 웹사이트indicate the categories of data that will be collected under the scheme,바카라 웹사이트an exhaustive list of the authorised personnel who will have access to the바카라 웹사이트data collected and바카라 웹사이트the accuracy rate of the FRT that will be used for바카라 웹사이트this scheme.
"The use of inaccurate FRT for voter verification at scale may result in exclusion and prevent citizens from enjoying their fundamental right to vote. It may also contribute to surveillance of voting habits," the IFF said.바카라 웹사이트
바카라 웹사이트EC officials reportedly told Moneycontrol바카라 웹사이트that the바카라 웹사이트system would reduce waiting times/long queues and prevent bogus voting and electoral malpractices.
Voting began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm. Counting of votes to the 224-member Assembly election will be out on May 13.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트A voter turnout of 20.99 per cent was recorded till 11 am on Wednesday.바카라 웹사이트
