I don't think that's the main marker of the authoritarian, and that's a fairly reductive way to think about it. Put it another way, what can be tracked should

I don't think that's the main marker of the authoritarian, and that's a fairly reductive way to think about it. Put it another way, what can be tracked should be tracked is the way we should be thinking about authoritarians. If there exists a database where all transactions can be monitored and datamined, they will be monitored and datamined in the name of national security, terrorism, or money laundering. Plus, I don't even want to think about private companies. "Sorry sir, unless you give us the right to search your financial records for suspicious transactions, we're not giving you car insurance or a mortgage. Or a job."