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by kasperni 2822 days ago
Simple, read this article about China's Social Credit System:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-...

This is not going to happen overnight. But an inch at a time, if people do not take privacy seriously.

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Together with the related Black Mirror episode, which I wasn't able to finish because it made me too sick to my stomach - too realistic, too close, too terrifying :S

(Season 3, Episode 1, for example: https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13379204/black-mirror-se...)

Ok, this makes it more, uh, tangible I guess. This is scary!