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That looks really interesting. But, the government will hold a lot of information about their citizen, how they will use that? I do not know if something like t
by vit05 9y ago
That looks really interesting. But, the government will hold a lot of information about their citizen, how they will use that? I do not know if something like this could be replicated in every country.
- sanxiyn 9y agoThe government already holds a lot of information about their citizen. I think this worry is particularly American and not shared by most people. You ask, how they will use that? They don't much use what they already have, so the best guess is that there will be no use. Which is pity, since it can be used for a lot of good. But I guess you would say it is lucky, since it can be used for a lot of bad.
- mkagenius 9y ago> But I guess you would say it is lucky, since it can be used for a lot of bad. "whatever can be used for bad will be used for bad" - murphy's law
- cperciva 9y agothe government will hold a lot of information about their citizen, how they will use that? Exactly the way they've already announced that they'll use it: To collect tax.
- flexie 9y agoIsn't that better than a couple of private companies, Visa and Madtercard, holding the information (and taxing you meanwhile)?
- TomMarius 9y agoDefinitely not. The corporations can't put me in prison or kill me, can't force me to use their services, can't use the data together with other data sources available to governments, don't have incentive to limit my spending and can't flat out take my money, and so on.