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Remember when universities were about academic freedom?
"The system taps into networks of neighborhood informants; tracks individuals and analyzes their behavior; tries to anticipate potential crime, protest or violence; and then recommends which security forces to deploy, the company said.
"On the screen during the demonstration was a slogan: “If someone exists, there will be traces, and if there are connections, there will be information.”
How is this different in principle, from the hate speech filters being developed with the help of data fusion? Or is it just a matter of degree, a question of how far you twist the dial?
One of the most interesting features of the Chinese system is it allows authorities to create "virtual cages". In an IOT world you credit card, phone, car etc can automatically stop working or flag you should you stray from the authorized zone.
Perhaps if we don't have coarse-grained walls enclosing nations we will wind up with fine grained walls built around individuals. We will live in a world "without borders" but the drone will flag you if you try to enter any locality without the right digital token.
