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Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by sfifs on Saturday September 16, 2017 @10:07PM (#15267874)
At this point, cell phone is a necessity in India to get any services. Mobile subscriber base is about 1.1 billion (1) which means almost all adults have a cell phone connection. So the question is practically moot.

(1) https://www.google.com.sg/amp/m.timesofindia.com/business/in...

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Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by KGIII on Saturday September 16, 2017 @11:29PM (#15268101)
Practically moot is a varied distance from moot. I was just curious if there was an underclass that was unable to get any services. It's much the same in my country, really.
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Re:Three Years in Identity Theft Hell by chimeracoder on Sunday September 17, 2017 @10:24AM (#15269730)
> At this point, cell phone is a necessity in India to get any services

And in a delightful catch-22, Aadhaar is essentially a requirement for obtaining a cell phone.

You can bypass this with some other documents and providing a landline that they verify within a week, but it's incredibly cumbersome.

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