Tourism and the Digital Trail
Want to drive all over India? FasTag will track whatever motor vehicle you are in (unless you are from the VVIP/VIP categories, which is certainly something that needs to be re-considered. Want to travel by train in India? Reserving online and often across the counter requires some form of identification or the other and then once onboard, yes, you do have to prove your identity Want to fly across India? Most certainly a digital trail, from booking the ticket through to check-in and often even when making an exit, will track you. Need to withdraw cash or make payments? Unless you carry wads of cash, which shall get you stopped at various checkpoints, or exchange gold for cash (again, very risky) you just left tracks as bright as spotlamps. Have to check into any sort of hotel, guest house, paying guest accomodation? Be prepared to enter and provide a copy of some form of digital ID that will be placed in multiple data-bases. Taking fuel at a filling station? Some have start...