Want a Loan in China? Keep Your Phone Charged

Re:Want a Loan in China? Keep Your Phone Charged by anotheryou on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:12AM (#14130981)

And maybe worst: people who try to avoid all that snooping are probably also flagged as high-risk.

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Re:Want a Loan in China? Keep Your Phone Charged by lima on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:15AM (#14130999)

Not necessarily - maybe people who are sufficiently educated to be aware of the risk a lesser risk?

Dangerous precedent either way.

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Re:Want a Loan in China? Keep Your Phone Charged by 21 on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:26AM (#14131066)

Smart people are more likely to know their rights and fight back. So a scammy (payday loans are almost scams) lender might want to avoid them.

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Re:Want a Loan in China? Keep Your Phone Charged by anotheryou on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:27AM (#14131072)

But they are also unpredictable and in the same bucket with those trying to hide something. Companies might even publicly announce punishing those people to make them join the surveilance.

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