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Lifting this from a sibling. I’m not sure I 100% trust my government to decide what services I’m eligible for. I’d worry it would merge with the surveillance a

• bluefirebrand 4y ago
  This sort of thing actually did happen not long ago in Canada, too. Agree or disagree with the trucker protest, it's pretty messed up the government invoked emergency powers to freeze people's bank accounts over it. It's definitely too much power for the government to have.
• Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  Instead, you get companies that aren't penalized for fixing mistakes, even though they negatively affect you. The companies aren't technically deciding what services you are eligible for, and neither would the government - but they do give information to people that do. And they use a secret formula to do it. I don't know why you think that the government would do this with credit reports. I mean, all they have to do is pass laws to govern banking and declare that they need to not give folks with "bad credit" loans.
  • thfuran 4y ago
    Requiring an act of Congress is a far higher standard then requiring an unannounced policy change from some agency.
  • r3trohack3r 4y ago
    > And they use a secret formula to do it. I don't know why you think that the government would do this Last time I checked, the no-fly list is not publicly shared.