The Chinese social credit system

Mave

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By now you've probably heard about China's latest move: a social credit system that ranks citizens, based upon this score they can do things like:

The consequences of a bad social credit rating include:

  • Banning you from flying or getting the train.
  • Throttling your internet speeds.
  • Banning you (or your kids!) from the best schools.
  • Stopping you getting the best jobs.
  • Keeping you out of the best hotels.
  • Being publicly named as a bad citizen.

And here are some of the things that can cause a bad social credit rating:

  • Bad driving
  • Smoking in non-smoking zones
  • Posting fake news online
  • Playing too much video games

The system is due to be fully operational 2020.

Let's also not forget the fact that China has the largest video surveillance network of any country...

If you were planning to move to China, I'd rethink those plans...
 
Mave said:
If you were planning to move to China, I'd rethink those plans...

Haha. No.

But damn, this is some creepy shit.
 
Stybar said:
Mave said:
If you were planning to move to China, I'd rethink those plans...

Haha. No.

But damn, this is some creepy shit.

Especially this:

The Chinese government had a huge hand in manufacturing hundreds of thousands of the cameras installed all over the United States. And Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd has backdoors into every single one of these cameras.
 
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