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Yet another step to make things more straightforwardly hackable for interested actors. Sorry for the cynicism, but I can't help thinking that all this digitalization and automation is just plain blessing for foreign intel agencies, if not the main goal.
This, it seems like the Overton window is moving in one direction.
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In several EU countries you're required to carry id at all times. In the US Green Card holders are required to carry the card at all times.
> In several EU countries you're required to carry id at all times. Any idea what the punishment is for not carrying?
I wonder how is this different than the US's system where even as a tourist I have to give them my biometrics so they can store it in their big database.
The point here is that you are a CITIZEN of the EU, you need to subject to conditions that give you no benefit when traveling abroad.
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1984. "Brave New World" doesn't need things like that, it's a much more terrifying future, when everyone is happy in their little golden cage.
Is it though? My reading of Brave New World was that it was at least consensual. I’m after reading Seveneves and I see some parrallels between these societies. In context it really doesnt seem so much sinister as a way for humanity to survive. 1984 was despotic.
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1984. "Brave New World" doesn't need things like that, it's a much more terrifying future, when everyone is happy in their little golden cage.
Is it though? My reading of Brave New World was that it was at least consensual. I’m after reading Seveneves and I see some parrallels between these societies. In context it really doesnt seem so much sinister as a way for humanity to survive. 1984 was despotic.
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That would be more close to The Matrix.
Have you read "Brave New World"? Genetically engineered people, sorted into categories of capabilities, with all their needs for happiness provided, including recreational drugs.
Artificially and massively genetically engineered and bred into categories, not sorted. It's an important distinction.
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It's an extension of the Schengen Information System (SIS)[1], which every country, which is a member of the Schengen accord, maintains. I am not going to give the EU biometrical data, even if that means skipping some "services". That may mean that you're not travelling into the EU at all. What is so different towards having to supply my fingerprints, when travelling to the US (or Malaysia, or Japan for that matter)?…
Thanks for the link. Quote: "The type of data about people kept in SIS includes (...)" So it is not a complete list, and the listed entries are just an excerpt: - requests for extradition - undesirability of presence in particular territory - minor age - mental illnesses (!!!) - missing person status - a need for protection - requests by a judicial authority - and suspected of crime. The SIS also keeps data referring…
I have ADHD and it is flagged in the system. How do I know? When I tried to exchange my driver license, it was flagged and the “local DMV” forwarded the application to the police department. I then had to present evidence to the police I was capable of driving, thankfully I’ve never been fined and my psychiatrist didn’t have a problem signing a document stating I am capable of driving (even though he himself never measured that skill specifically). At the end of one year long back and forth with the police dept, I got a 2 year provisional DL. Not sure if they will ever grant me a regular DL though.
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Is it though? My reading of Brave New World was that it was at least consensual. I’m after reading Seveneves and I see some parrallels between these societies. In context it really doesnt seem so much sinister as a way for humanity to survive. 1984 was despotic.
"Engineered consent" perhaps
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Thanks for the link. Quote: "The type of data about people kept in SIS includes (...)" So it is not a complete list, and the listed entries are just an excerpt: - requests for extradition - undesirability of presence in particular territory - minor age - mental illnesses (!!!) - missing person status - a need for protection - requests by a judicial authority - and suspected of crime. The SIS also keeps data referring…
Regarding about mental illness entry. I have ADHD and it is flagged in the system. How do I know? When I tried to exchange my driver license, it was flagged and the “local DMV” forwarded the application to the police department. I then had to present evidence to the police I was capable of driving, thankfully I’ve never been fined and my psychiatrist didn’t have a problem signing a document stating I am capable of dr…
As always, there is a trade-off in technology application.
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Is it though? My reading of Brave New World was that it was at least consensual. I’m after reading Seveneves and I see some parrallels between these societies. In context it really doesnt seem so much sinister as a way for humanity to survive. 1984 was despotic.
Today you are one of the lucky 10000: https://biblioklept.org/2013/06/08/huxley-vs-orwell-the-webc...
For those who might not get the reference: https://www.xkcd.com/1053/