Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit...
by throw2016 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:30PM
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How is this different from credit scores?
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Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit...
by metildaa on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:43PM
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Credit scores are also a non-consentual rating that a bit more than half of Americans have. Just because it exists doesn't make it just or right, consent was never requested or considered.
Worse yet, credit scores are weak proxies for their primary duty (rating whether someone is likely to default on a loan) and are based on SSNs issued by the IRS, who (from my reading) is not working with the credit bureas to ensure accuracy of SSNs to names/addresses.
Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit...
by gcb0 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:25PM
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it seems you two are agreeing.
Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit...
by jmalicki on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:21PM
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Credit scores aren't based on your political activity or used to deny you from boarding transit.
Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit...
by est on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @08:21PM
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China didn't ban all the transit boarding for those with low credit, just planes and first class HSR. You can take the normal train, which is still quicker than most countries.
No planes though. Planes are considered a luxury.
Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit...
by 2RTZZSro on Friday November 16, 2018 @12:33AM
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In May, enforcement of China’s social credit system spread to the travel industry, restricting millions of Chinese citizens with low social credit scores from purchasing plane and train tickets.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2018/06/18/chinas-so...