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People seem to suddenly forget that these transactions are already tracked and individually linked to you. Should we allow anyone to collect that data except democratically elected governments? What's the logic behind this?
As long as I don't break the law, it's no one's business what I do.
“Hello #3576. You have reached your 1kg monthly limit of natural meat. Please consult the official list for alternatives.”
“Hello #3576. You have reached your 1kg monthly limit of natural meat. Please consult the official list for alternatives.”
> Please consult the official list for alternatives.” More likely a new way to tax stuff that the government does not like. Eating too much red-meat from methane-producing cows? Extra climate change tax for you!
People seem to suddenly forget that these transactions are already tracked and individually linked to you. Should we allow anyone to collect that data except democratically elected governments? What's the logic behind this?
Both are bad.
People don't like governments tracking their every move because, governments have sometimes done bad things with that information, both historically and even today.
People allow tech companies to track their every move because they're offered something in return: Free access to an app, automatic coupons at the supermarket, etc.
I don't envision the government lowering people's taxes in exchange for more information. Even though this program could help the government craft health policy and save millions on medical care for its people.
“Hello #3576. You have reached your 1kg monthly limit of natural meat. Please consult the official list for alternatives.”
> Please consult the official list for alternatives.” More likely a new way to tax stuff that the government does not like. Eating too much red-meat from methane-producing cows? Extra climate change tax for you!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? What if it includes alcohol sales? Do you want the state to know how much alcohol you consume?
The state owns the only alcohol store.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage_control_sta...
The Stasi would be jealous.
I went and checked various online papers with comment sections, and the comments have been massively negative to this. This is apparently not something people will easily accept, so it remains to be seen what happens.
Thank God.
People seem to suddenly forget that these transactions are already tracked and individually linked to you. Should we allow anyone to collect that data except democratically elected governments? What's the logic behind this?
If you're talking about the tracking done by reward systems then that's a voluntary agreement that people enter into. You can choose not to use a rewards program. As far as I know, if you use a credit card they only know the total of how much you spent and once again you can choose not to use a credit card or bank card and pay with cash if you wish. This proposed data collection has no opt out option. It's kind of ex…