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#Policy

A car at a highway toll plaza, with a trail of red map pins marking every toll gate it has passed through

Everyday Systems2 Sep 2024 · 4 min

FASTag: Convenience or Concern?

Why does a toll tag need your chassis number, and only one per car? What FASTag’s design says about payments built for tracking, not just convenience.

A phone with no signal, tied by strings to a bank card, house key, padlock, envelope, shopping bag and medical card; one string has snapped

Everyday Systems19 Aug 2024 · 4 min

When Your Mobile Number Becomes Your Identity: A Wake-Up Call

One Saturday my SIM stopped working, and UPI, bank OTPs and logins went with it. How the mobile number became our identity, and a single point of failure.