Aadhaar Card Lock– With the increasing use of online access, cases of fraud are also on the rise. Often, people use confidential information to commit fraud. Now, your Aadhaar card will not be stolen. The Aadhaar Biometric Lock feature has been enabled. This feature is set to prove to be a milestone.
You can easily lock your Aadhaar biometrics without any hassle. Locking your Aadhaar biometrics will ensure that your fingerprint or iris scan cannot be used for verification without your permission. This will be especially helpful in preventing fraud in Aadhaar-related financial transactions and government services.
What is Aadhaar locking?
You can lock your Aadhaar’s biometric details. These include information like fingerprints, iris scans, and face data. These are security features. Once these details are locked, no one will be able to perform ID verification, financial transactions, or issue SIM cards without your permission. This will protect you from fraud. To lock your Aadhaar’s biometric details, you must first log in to the UIDAI’s official website and generate a virtual ID using the ‘VID Generator’ option.
How to lock your Aadhaar biometric?
- For this, first of all log in to the myAadhaar portal.
- After this you will need your Aadhar number, captcha and OTP.
- On the next page, select the option to lock/unlock biometrics.
- For this, carefully read the methods to lock/unlock biometrics and how they work.
- Then you tick the consent box and click on Next again.
- Finally, you will get a message that your biometric has been successfully locked.