China's new “Citizen Scores” will rate every person in the country (2015)

Posted by jackgavigan on Monday August 07, 2017 @07:00PM
from the boingboing.net dept.

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Re:China's new “Citizen Scores” will rate every person in th... by goodplay on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:22AM (#14954250)

If I learned one thing from these government programs, it's that they'll be gamed, badly.

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Re:China's new “Citizen Scores” will rate every person in th... by CodeWriter23 on Monday August 07, 2017 @07:49PM (#14952273)

When peer pressure transforms into tyranny. Someone send these folks a copy of Black Mirror S3E1.

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Re:China's new “Citizen Scores” will rate every person in th... by reviewmon on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:44PM (#14952869)

FICO alternative

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Re:China's new “Citizen Scores” will rate every person in th... by macawfish on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:15PM (#14963441)

This isn't much different from FICO...

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Re:China's new “Citizen Scores” will rate every person in th... by Froyoh on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:31AM (#14958857)

Straight outta Black Mirror

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