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Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' | Business Insider India (www.businessinsider.in)

submitted 2 months ago by abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These trash humans see china and are jealous.

[–] anarcho_blinkenist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sees the USA doing what it's always done, which we've known since COINTELPRO and Snowden's whistleblowing

"THIS IS LIKE CHINA!!!"

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

China is preventing people from traveling and working due to their social credit system. Their level of intrusion has no comparison to any other country. The level of intrusion into peoples lives is horrible and unprecedented. Its 1984 made manifest and no amount of garbage arguments is going to to be able to equate their surveillance state with any other country.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Source:

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You have to be kidding.

Here is one of thousands of articles on the subject. I would think with you being from china you would know that https://www.reuters.com/article/world/china-to-bar-people-with-bad-social-credit-from-planes-trains-idUSKCN1GS10Q/

What the heck here is two

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-social-credit-system-surveillance-cameras/

Three for good measure since you really don't want a source

https://www.wired.com/story/china-social-credit-system-explained/