Your Aadhaar card is one of the most important documents you have as a citizen of India and not only does it1. There is no denying that your Aadhaar number is security sensitive and sometimes when you accidentally leak this information, it can pose a security threat. But luckily, you can lock Aadhaar biometric authentication to secure your information and prevent malicious parties from using it to perform various tasks that can cause you losses. In theory, you should ideally lock your Aadhaar biometrics if you’ve misplaced your Aadhaar card…

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Aadhaar card holders across India are taking to social media to warn citizens about a new type of scam where fraudsters can drain your bank account using a loophole in the new Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS). There is no option for OTP authentication in this scam and the scammer can steal money from your bank account simply by gaining access to your fingerprint information, knowing your Aadhaar number and the name of the bank where you have an account. To make matters worse, you don’t even get a text message…

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