> BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE THE PRC'S SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM. Stop it. Agree. But it is worth comparing because, while we do not live in a country that has e

> BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE THE PRC'S SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM. Stop it. Agree. But it is worth comparing because, while we do not live in a country that has extreme government over-reach, we are (and have been) headed down that path. You said "know who you are, so they know where to target that warrant request" which is, to me, in-line with the ideas of the social credit system. The idea that some group, some where, is collecting this information to use against someone or someones. To think they aren't / won't is naive. If it doesn't turn toward citizens then I'm happy to be wrong and admit it. We'll see... It's like a version of systematic desensitization where we continue to normalize giving up vast amounts of personal information on our own (to sites like Facebook) and asking tourists to point government agencies to that trove of information. I did not intend to hyperbolize nor conflate as another person said. I said this "may or may not be as bad" and it will depend entirely on what is done with the information and how much it's use "expands" (or doesn't). When I asked in school in the late 90's "how do we know the CIA doesn't just spy on us" the answer was "there are laws that prevent it". Now we know how that really works (or at least some of it) so I believe I'm entitled to my skepticism (and you're entitled to disagree).