The Russian State Social University Is Developing a Social Rating System "We"

Re:The Russian State Social University Is Developing a Socia... by omneity on Saturday October 07, 2023 @03:40AM (#37799821)

There’s a chance something like this ends up happening in the West as well. Could be watered down in some way. It only takes a couple more columns in the database of a credit scoring system to start looking at other factors.

So an important aspect of these systems being deployed in countries such as China and Russia is that it gives the rest of the world a peek into how it works, and a chance to understand how to best resist totalitarian tendencies. Unfortunately it also gives an opportunity for other governments to learn what works and what doesn’t.

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Re:The Russian State Social University Is Developing a Socia... by throwaway10507 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @05:01AM (#37800197)

Credit scoring systems are private stuff used by private companies, not run by the government and not used to evaluate anything with regards to the government. There's no way an additional column in a credit scoring DB would forbid you from attending a school, moving to a city, etc.

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Re:The Russian State Social University Is Developing a Socia... by omneity on Saturday October 07, 2023 @05:10AM (#37800228)

Let me introduce you to SCHUFA[0], a credit scoring system in Germany. It has livelihood implications that make it very hard to live without a good score. Good luck finding a flat with a bad one.

It doesn't blur the line between private and public but again, it's a slippery slope. The tracking and scoring infrastructure is there, it just takes will to steer it to another direction.

[0]: https://allaboutberlin.com/glossary/Schufa

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