Editing Thomas L. Friedman (section)

=== Aadhaar ===
Friedman has publicly expressed his support for the biometrics based [[Aadhaar|Unique Identification]] program of [[India]]. When asked about the privacy concerns raised by the UID program in India he said:<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/facebook-is-tracking-you-more-than-anything-not-aadhaar-thomas-friedman/articleshow/62750180.cms|title=Facebook is tracking you more than anything, not Aadhaar: Thomas Friedman|last=Gupte|first=Masoom|date=February 2, 2018|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223031609/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/facebook-is-tracking-you-more-than-anything-not-aadhaar-thomas-friedman/articleshow/62750180.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{blockquote|I am a huge enthusiast of the UID platform. I feel that is going to be a platform for innovation. Societies require these platforms where people are integrated with a trusted ID. I think concerns about privacy are bogus. The platform doesn't store anything about you except your biometrics. It's not tracking you. Facebook is tracking you much more today. If you are worried about privacy, then you shouldn't be using Google, Facebook, Twitter, any of these things. They are tracking you so much more than the Indian government is tracking you. What's worse is that they are selling it [information about you] for profit. So, I think the privacy concern [around Aadhaar] is bogus.}}