The issue is not that. This is raising private corporate infrastructure (Google, Apple, etc.) to a quasi-governmental role. Something so tightly bound with fund

The issue is not that. This is raising private corporate infrastructure (Google, Apple, etc.) to a quasi-governmental role. Something so tightly bound with fundamental civil and human rights concerns, should not depend on these giants. Think China's Baidu. And here is a deliciously ironic title and article: China's Dystopian Tech Could Be Contagious https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/chinas-dangerous-dream-of-urban-control/553097/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/china...