There's nothing tinfoil hat about it.  Whether or not it was a coincidence this time the technology is there.  Everything we do is being recorded in one way or another and stored into hundreds of databases everywhere.  Even if you've never used a smart phone you're still being tracked. It's just a case of who sells or gives what information to who.  And then it's a case of processing the information and connecting the dots.  Then the most disturbing part comes next, entities adding subjective context to your data.  What if all your data is collected into a central database and your entire life is computed into a single score, not a credit score,  but a single score that grades you as a human being?  What if the algorithm gives you a negative score?   What if this score was actually used by corporations or the government in a way that vastly affects your life and your opportunities?  What if the people who designed the algorithm don't really even understand the results it outputs?  What if the whole time you didn't even know the score existed?

 

This is the proper way to start a conspiracy theory thread.

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