https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/16/chinas-orwellian-social...
The article title flat-out says the "social credit score isn't real", and then outlines in a nuanced way exactly how it is real.
Sure, there is plenty of negative rhetoric that surrounds the topic, but at best what I can understand here is that there is no (verified) single aggregate score being leveraged against anyone...?
I'm not sure how this distinction is meaningful?
Not to mention the Drone Strike List,
> ...former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden said in a public debate, “We kill people based on metadata.”
> According to multiple reports and leaks, death-by-metadata could be triggered, without even knowing the target’s name, if too many derogatory checks appear on their profile. “Armed military aged males” exhibiting suspicious behavior in the wrong place can become targets, as can someone “seen to be giving out orders.” Such mathematics-based assassinations have come to be known as “signature strikes.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/how-...
The No Fly list is an anti-terrorism precaution and very controversial.
The Drone Strike List seems bad, but it's a completely different thing. It's a military tactic, not a social credit system.