Collab obviously goes deep – accessing DigiLocker requires use of national identity service
Google has integrated the Indian government’s cloud storage service into Android – a feat that weaves the national ID system and government documents deeply into the search giant’s OS.
India’s cloud storage service is called DigiLocker and was scoped at 14 exabytes – a gigabyte for every citizen.
DigiLocker is intended as a repository for government documents such as driving licenses, academic records, or vehicle registrations. Document signing facilities have been added to the platform. But take-up has been moderate – its 100 million users are but a small fraction of the nation’s 1.4 billion people, of whom 780 million-plus are mobile device users.
Android, however, has over 95 percent market share in India.
