Also worth checking out the excellent ABC (Australia) multimedia feature on China's "social credit" system:
Social credit is like a personal scorecard for each of China’s 1.4 billion citizens.
In one pilot program already in place, each citizen has been assigned a score out of 800. In other programs it’s 900.
Those, like Dandan, with top “citizen scores” get VIP treatment at hotels and airports, cheap loans and a fast track to the best universities and jobs.
“It will allow the trustworthy to roam freely under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.”
Those at the bottom can be locked out of society and banned from travel, or barred from getting credit or government jobs.
The system will be enforced by the latest in high-tech surveillance systems as China pushes to become the world leader in artificial intelligence.
Surveillance cameras will be equipped with facial recognition, body scanning and geo-tracking to cast a constant gaze over every citizen.
> ... with top “citizen scores” get VIP treatment at hotels and airports, cheap loans and a fast track to the best universities and jobs.
Like, come on. There is no possible way this won't be gamed to death. I can't conceive of this system ever working for more than 7 years, max. And then having people in the algorithmic underclass? Jesus. This is pretty much forcing a revolution to happen. Once you end up at the bottom, what do you have to loose? Unless there is a 'bankruptcy' mechanism, this is obviously doomed to failure.
ETA: Apparently some tourists are being forced to install it as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/8ofiiw/chinese_bo...
Also worth checking out the excellent ABC (Australia) multimedia feature on China's "social credit" system:
Social credit is like a personal scorecard for each of China’s 1.4 billion citizens.
In one pilot program already in place, each citizen has been assigned a score out of 800. In other programs it’s 900.
Those, like Dandan, with top “citizen scores” get VIP treatment at hotels and airports, cheap loans and a fast track to the best universities and jobs.
“It will allow the trustworthy to roam freely under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.”
Those at the bottom can be locked out of society and banned from travel, or barred from getting credit or government jobs.
The system will be enforced by the latest in high-tech surveillance systems as China pushes to become the world leader in artificial intelligence.
Surveillance cameras will be equipped with facial recognition, body scanning and geo-tracking to cast a constant gaze over every citizen.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit...