“There will be lots of pushing and shoving by the technology companies,” says Neeraj Aggarwal, managing director of the Boston Consulting Group in India. None of the companies will comment on what transpired at the gathering — and Apple didn’t show up at all. Tech companies will probably also object to allowing the government to install its authentication software on their gadgets for fear of security breaches and hacking attacks. “Once the Aadhaar system grows to scale, technology companies will find it tricky to prevent people from using it,” Aggarwal says. Fresh from battles with Washington over encryption, Apple, Google and other U.S. tech companies are less likely to compromise without a fight.

Source: The Edge Markets September 14, 2016 03:45 UTC