#1 2015-05-02 11:50:06
China takes a comprehensive approach to creditworthiness.
The Chinese government is currently implementing a nationwide electronic system, called the Social Credit System, attributing to each of its 1,3 billion citizens a score for his or her behavior. The system will be based on various criteria, ranging from financial credibility and criminal record to social media behavior. . . .
'When people's behavior isn't bound by their morality, a system must be used to restrict their actions'. Therefore it is time for the 'Social Credit System', which covers 'four major fields: politics, business, society and justice.'
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#2 2015-05-02 12:19:48
Soon to be seen at a country near you.
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#3 2015-05-02 12:30:30
Holy fucking shit.
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#4 2015-05-02 14:00:15
Revelation 13:16-17
And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Thinking about a time in the United States, hopefully after I'm long dead, where "I'm sorry, we can't approve you for a home loan because you don't go to church" is a normal response. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength indeed.
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#5 2015-05-02 14:22:10
Baywolfe wrote:
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength...
And die Arbeit macht frei.
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#6 2015-05-02 16:16:37
whosasailorthen wrote:
Soon to be seen at a country near you.
Umm, those chinese are always knocking off our good ideas. Same as it ever was. Stand proud America we invented this and then privatized and outsourced it. I think we have had this for awhile now.
The Policy Machine
The dangers of letting secret algorithms make decisions in law enforcement, welfare and child protection.
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#7 2015-05-02 17:07:59
It's fucking China. NOTHING that happens there should ever shock you.
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#8 2016-02-05 02:33:53
But perhaps the most controversial and revealing technology is the threat-scoring software Beware. Fresno is one of the first [police] departments in the nation to test the program.
As officers respond to calls, Beware automatically runs the address. The searches return the names of residents and scans them against a range of publicly available data to generate a color-coded threat level for each person or address: green, yellow or red.
Exactly how Beware calculates threat scores is something that its maker, Intrado, considers a trade secret, so it is unclear how much weight is given to a misdemeanor, felony or threatening comment on Facebook. However, the program flags issues and provides a report to the user.
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#10 2016-02-05 20:11:26
Emmeran wrote:
Been watching this lately, basically the same concept.
I got completely wrapped up in binge-watching this. After Season 1, they pretty much abandon the case-of-the-week format and it's through the looking glass.
There is supposed to be a final season airing some time this year, but the Internet refuses to tell me the date.
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