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Is surveillance in China really that bad or is it just propaganda? (lemmygrad.ml)

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China is always used as the primary example of a surveillance state, people constantly talk about how dystopian it is and how everything you do in public or online is tracked. I have always been skeptical about these claims and know how hypocritical they are because of the amount of surveillance that happens in the west but I want to know if China is really that bad in regards to privacy.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. I put the nation wide exam as an example to show how this data is being given to a private entity. The state already has consolidated this type of data with the aadhar system they put. They even make people re submit the data in order to keep it up to date. Aadhar is linked to every thing ranging from loans or license or voter id. They even linked it to rural schemes for employment and it was collosal wreck.

Also any branch of the police or military already do surveillance on people who are deemed radical by the sangh. That is why I included the pegasus software in the comment. The surveillance apparatus is already well prepped at targeting anti hindutva sentiment and curbing it. The whole bhima koregaon affair is a good example of it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

True