Lock Aadhaar Card: Do you know that cyber criminals can misuse your Aadhaar card details?
Yes, this can be done for cyber crime. In such a situation, it is your responsibility to keep this government document related to your identity safe.
Keep Aadhar Card details safe from cyber criminals
Very few Aadhaar card holders would be aware that the information contained in the Aadhaar card can be hidden from cyber criminals.
For this, the facility of locking Aadhaar card is provided by the Unique Identification Authority of India. Once you lock your Aadhar card, misuse of Aadhar card stops to a great extent.
You will not need to go anywhere to lock Aadhar card details. You can lock Aadhaar card biometric online on phone, PC sitting at home. It's a simple process that takes a few minutes-
How to lock Aadhar card biometric online?
- To lock Aadhaar card biometric online, first of all you have to go to https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/.
- Now you have to scroll down to the Lock/Unlock Aadhaar option.
- Now after reading all the information you will have to click on Next.
- Now to lock biometrics online, you have to enter Virtual ID, Name, Pincode and Captcha and click on Send OTP.
- An OTP will be sent to the phone number registered on the Aadhaar card, which will have to be entered and clicked on the checkbox.
- As soon as you press enter, information about Aadhar card biometric locking will be displayed on the screen.
Generate virtual ID in a jiffy like this
To lock/unlock Aadhaar, it is necessary to generate a 16 digit virtual ID. Virtual ID can be generated by sending SMS to Aadhaar holder 1947.
For this, you will have to send the last four digits of your Aadhaar number in the format RVID _ _ _ _ to 1947. Your Virtual ID number is sent to your phone as soon as the message is sent.