China’s all-seeing surveillance network

Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by yurie_breschnef on Thursday September 20, 2018 @06:05AM (#18031046)

I think this is a horrible idea.

Just imagine how many times we have been wrong in our judgement of the behaviour of citizens. What would the social credit score of Ghandi or Martin Luther Kind have been, at the time of their prominent actions?

We have proven time and time again that there is no sure way to judge how "social and acceptable" something is, and the value of a behaviour to our society.

What is seen as "unsocial" today may be applauded by historians in the future.

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by FundThrowaway on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:30AM (#18031417)

I'm pretty sure that's half of the point, stop any radicals from forming large followings.

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by mtgx on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:05AM (#18032067)

Where radical means those that those the people in power in any way.

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by RustySpottedCat on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:24AM (#18031380)

Yes but saying "screw the government" on social media today, doesn't really matter if it's going to be applauded in the future, it's still going to be aimed at the government, which is the whole point of the system.

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by yurie_breschnef on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:35AM (#18031448)

Could you elaborate?

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by virtuabhi on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:56PM (#18033862)

"Ghandi" -> Gandhi

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by paradite on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:06AM (#18031629)

The irony is unreal in this comment.

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Re:China’s all-seeing surveillance network by ffwacom on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:58AM (#18032012)

why

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