Social network profile to become official ID in China

Social network profile to become official ID in China
(27 Dec, 2017)

https://www.rt.com/news/414397-wechat-china-digital-ld/

Some months ago (September 2017):
WeChat confirms that it makes all private user data available to the Chinese government

 

Hardly unexpected, considering that social credit will become mandatory in 2020. Surprisingly, I would expect this coming from US, not China.

Code:

https://youtu.be/lHcTKWiZ8sI

Fake accounts cause real problems, like identity theft, so I like the idea, it brings a lot of benefits, but as always, there are downsides.

 

Sooner or later it will probably be obligatory to have an account and similar solutions will also be implemented in other countries.

 

I refuse to be profiled!

 

Yes Minimalist, I see something similar as this coming too.

 

We already are, when you want to take a loan or an insurance, they will look at your financial profile, if you are looking for a job, the employ will look at your social and work related profiles and if you want to buy some drugs, they will look at your medical history. The data is already there, this step would only make it official. It is an inevitable outcome of a digital society.
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I google myself, every now and then. I am still invisible, so to speak!

 

Best do that via Tor browser

 

Sounds too hard, and if I did use Tor, that alone would draw attention.

 

Right. I only use Tor via VPNs. So hey.