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I used to think the 'social credit' talk was just fearmongering until my friend in Shanghai couldn't book a train ticket after a minor fine.
He paid a parking ticket through a digital wallet app, and the system flagged him, blocking him from travel for a month, which convinced me that centralized control over spending is a real and immediate danger, not a distant theory. Has anyone else seen a small digital transaction lead to a surprisingly big consequence?
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jadej503mo ago
Does that digital wallet connect to a wider government database, or was it just the app's own penalty system? The line between corporate rules and state control seems blurry in these cases.
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nelson.vera3mo ago
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jessej232mo ago
My doctor's office can't even email me a bill right, but sure, let's trust them with a national digital wallet.
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