Everybody knows how special Aadhaar Card is. It is used literally for everything from purchasing a SIM card to opening an account in a bank.
Aadhaar card is the most important identity card for any Indian. It contains many important and sensitive information including fingerprints. In such a situation, if the data gets leaked due to any reason, then it might bring many problems for the person.
Keeping this problem in mind, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has given the facility to lock the Aadhaar card. Let’s know how to lock Aadhaar. Through this feature Aadhar cards will be safe and subsequently fraud incidents will be halted. This feature will act like a lock, which no outsider will be able to unlock.
Follow these steps to lock the Aadhaar Card:
To lock the Aadhaar number, the card holder has to send an SMS by writing GETOTP to 1947. After this, the OTP will come on the phone.
After receiving the OTP, the card holder will have to write the LOCKUID with last four Aadhaar number 6 OTP number and send the message to 1947 again. Now the number will be locked after this.
Steps to unlock:
To unlock the Aadhaar number, the card holder has to obtain the OTP by writing the GETOTP Aadhaar number from his register number. Let us tell you that 1947 number will also be used for this.
After getting 6 digit OTP, then type UNLOCKUID, Aadhaar number and OTP and again send it. After doing so, the Aadhaar number will be unlocked.
After Aadhaar is locked, even hackers will not be able to do Aadhaar verification without your permission. By taking advantage of this facility you can lock and secure your base.