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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by denkmoon on Monday December 12, 2022 @09:57PM (#33964149)
While we were all watching CCP implement their social credit system, big tech gave us one while our gaze was elsewhere. These algorithmic systems can pretty quickly make you an unperson in our society.
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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by soco on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:26AM (#33966154)
Theoretically one is implemented by state's request and the other happens while the state is busy looking away. Yay for freedom but when you're at the receiving end of the digital stick, is the difference really significant?
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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by ImHereToVote on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:46AM (#33966264)
It stings less when an unaccountable group of technocrats ruin your life for some reason apparently.
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