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On :birdsite: @SamHarrisOrg said:
"Welcome to the panopticon...
China becomes an episode of Black Mirror"
and shared this article:
abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/chi

to which my response was:
"Give it 5-10 years, then we'll have it too, but with better marketing, but effectively similar.
IIRC Eindhoven has a system (in pilot?) 'similar' as shown in the head picture (Person of Interest style) ... for a snitch city project. Fighting crime and/or terrorism will be used too"

www.abc.net.auShe's a model citizen, but she can't hide in China's 'social credit' systemDandan Fan's every move will soon be watched and judged by her government, and she's happy about that. Social credit will unite Big Brother and big data to coerce more than a billion people..

Great ~3 minute video which explains nicely why I focus so much on #privacy as it shows the dangers of #surveillance #capitalism.
Viewpoint_ ‘We’re living in an age of surveillance capitalism’ _ BBC Ideas
peertube.mastodon.host/videos/

h/t Ips@peertube.mastodon.host

Looks like peertube.mastodon.host has been abandoned?
Firefox (82) doesn't even allow me to connect to it.

@aral do you have or know of an alternative location for that video?