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I think it's worth pointing out that in China it is the government doing it, whereas in the US it is private companies (in this particular context).
by GlitchRider47 1y ago
I think it's worth pointing out that in China it is the government doing it, whereas in the US it is private companies (in this particular context).
- swed420 1y agoUm, obviously? You seem to have missed the point. People ought to be most interested in the final outcome of each example.
- notahacker 1y agoYeah. However wild some of the "America is the land of the free, China is a hellhole" takes are, there is a difference between a tracking system designed to try to sell you holidays and a tracking system used to identify political dissidents.
- swed420 1y ago> there is a difference between a tracking system designed to try to sell you holidays and a tracking system used to identify political dissidents I have a feeling this assumption will age poorly.
- GlitchRider47 1y agoWhy? People are openly dissident in the US.
- swed420 1y agoOn the HN front page today: U.S. will review social media for foreign student visa applications https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44524749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44524749 History tells us it won't stop here.
- GlitchRider47 1y agoBackground checks on visa applicants is a farcry from digital surveillance to identify political dissidents. Although, I would agree with the notion that the US government has been increasingly becoming a surveillance state, but not nearly as pervasive as China.