The credit industry has caused more tangible harm through data mining than every social network put together, including bizarre mix-ups like this kafkaesque @strawberrywell saga theverge.com/22421193/credi…
granted, in fairness, I *have* never seen @strawberrywell and his sister in a room together...
Credit score screwups are a great example of how surveillance-analysis tech isn’t just bad when it works well and is invasive, but also when it’s a dysfunctional mess that people place too much trust in.
the bad outcome of stuff like ubiquitous social credit probably looks less like Black Mirror and more like Brazil
to be clear i am talking about the terry gilliam film, i’m sure the country is very nice and not full of ducts
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