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While this is an important part of history to know, the story didn't stop there, and certainly not with IBM. Computers/primitive-databases were also used to ma
by mixmastamyk 3y ago
While this is an important part of history to know, the story didn't stop there, and certainly not with IBM. Computers/primitive-databases were also used to manage Japanese internment in the US, also using Census data. The Stasi used improved technologies to their advantage until the 80s.
You can draw a line from there to the NSA, surveillance capitalism, and the commercial data broker markets of today.
It's just a matter of time until the information gets used.