I don't think that "government mass surveillance project" is a particularly fair characterization of Aadhaar[0], particularly in the context of Viral B. Shah's involvement in it back in 2010.
A national ID program with a per-person unique identifier has clear societal benefits, and while it can certainly be abused to enable "government mass surveillance", it is not such a project itself.
Data can be cross-referenced for both good and ill: the existence of a unique identifier akin to an SSN is not an inherently terrible thing.
A national ID program with a per-person unique identifier has clear societal benefits, and while it can certainly be abused to enable "government mass surveillance", it is not such a project itself.
Data can be cross-referenced for both good and ill: the existence of a unique identifier akin to an SSN is not an inherently terrible thing.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar