Something like this. See captcha for example, it is more and more required to use some websites. See PayPal, see Mastercard and Visa, see Apple, see Google, see Microsoft. They are all in control of your digital life and you have no power whatsoever.
- It's completely arbitrary and opaque. - It's irreversible.
With the CSSSS at least you get a notification of what you did, and you can revert it by "behaving".
That's why captchas come in different forms: math challenges, sound recognition, snooping on clicks, as well as captchas that will keep serving you challenges forever without ever accepting your answer.
If you can't hit the score, you won't be allowed in.
1. Install Firefox
2. Open Firefox and solve a ReCaptcha
3. Install Chromium
4. Open Chromium and solve a ReCaptcha
Notice the difference between Firefox and Chromium?
Google's ReCaptcha is gracious with Chromium/Google Chrome. You can even make mistakes and it still valid. With Firefox (and maybe other) browsers on the other hand... why not increasing the difficulty/challenge for them? -.-
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/business/secret-consumer-...
Non paywall: https://archive.ph/FKQ6d
The article does mention use cases for fraud, however it also states that the consumer score can
...determine how long each of us waits on hold when calling a business, whether we can return items at a store, and what type of service we receive. A low score sends you to the back of the queue; high scores get you elite treatment.
The article also mentions usage by social / dating applications such as OkCupid, which would indicate that a score can have an impact on your social life.
On one hand, I do understand the need for fraud mitigation. On the other hand, I've had to deal with the negative consequences of incorrect data provided by companies such as LexisNexis, how you can't fix it, and the impacts it has.