If you are going to penalize my freedom to NOT buy products the originate from a specific location, it is a slippery slope to see what other forms of protest might be curtailed in order to alter markets.
Edit: Downvote me all you want, doesn't make it less true.
[0] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/30/rand-paul-israel-m...
I suspect you're being downvoted because you're off topic and not contributing to the discussion in a constructive way. On the other hand, HN and reddit users have a habit of downvoting comments they disagree with.
we are already being classified, grouped and given tiered services according to whatever bucket we fit into today.
insurances are on top of that already with banks a close second. as their ability to mine large datasets increase and cost decrease, they will keep going deeper into profiling.
if you want a concrete precedent, there's this https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/02/admiral-t...
and this is what comes next: https://friendlyscore.com/about
in a more general way, the china social score is a preview of what's to come, even if it'll be less blatant in the western world.
this might not be yet a political issue, but it will have deep impact on self censorship, and that in turn will: http://www.schneier.com/essay-114.html
Lol, downvotes with actual primary sources. Hivemind News is becoming more and more an echo chamber instead of a place for actual discussion.