When asked about the social credit system, some of my Chinese friends said they have no idea what that is and looked surprised. Do people here know if this is really not well known or just my friends feigning surprise for whatever reason.
Well, I've been around 3-letter agency guys here in the US who tell me that we have a rating system for everybody in the United States - as well as lots of information tracing their entire life. How many people in the USA know about that?
I suspect that both countries have a lot more data than anybody realizes. I've heard some incredible stories from those agency guys.