New phone app that tells you if you are within 500m of a deadbeat debtor
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New phone app that tells you if you are within 500m of a deadbeat debtor
This might have application for those that do a runner at Riverside restaurants and not pay their bill
China reportedly made an app to show people if they're standing near someone in debt — a new part of its intrusive 'social credit' policy
The program flashes a warning to show a user that they are within a 500-meter radius of someone in debt.
It shows the debtor’s exact location, according to a screenshot of the app.
It’s not clear whether the app displays a debtor’s name, photos, or any other identity markers.
It’s also not clear how much money one must owe – or to whom – to be defined as a debtor.
The app wants to get citizens to keep an eye on the so-called debtors.
China Daily said it would let people “whistle-blow on debtors capable of paying their debts.”
It did not say what behaviour could flag someone as capable of paying their debts.
Chinese families traditionally emphasise saving money to avoid spending with borrowed money or owing personal debt.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chin ... ort-2019-1
China reportedly made an app to show people if they're standing near someone in debt — a new part of its intrusive 'social credit' policy
- A province in northern China developed an app to tell users whether they are within a 500-meter radius of someone in debt, state media said.
It’s called a “map of deadbeat debtors,” the China Daily state-run newspaper reported.
It hopes to get citizens to monitor the so-called debtors and report them to authorities if they seem “capable of paying their debts.”
It’s part of China’s invasive “social credit” system, designed to judge a person’s trustworthiness. People have already been punished by it.
The program flashes a warning to show a user that they are within a 500-meter radius of someone in debt.
It shows the debtor’s exact location, according to a screenshot of the app.
It’s not clear whether the app displays a debtor’s name, photos, or any other identity markers.
It’s also not clear how much money one must owe – or to whom – to be defined as a debtor.
The app wants to get citizens to keep an eye on the so-called debtors.
China Daily said it would let people “whistle-blow on debtors capable of paying their debts.”
It did not say what behaviour could flag someone as capable of paying their debts.
Chinese families traditionally emphasise saving money to avoid spending with borrowed money or owing personal debt.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chin ... ort-2019-1
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Re: New phone app that tells you if you are within 500m of a deadbeat debtor
Isn't China in debt?
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It’s a state secret. Revealing it might get you banned.Barang chgout wrote:Isn't China in debt?
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Isn’t every country in debt?!
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Just ask your Belgian friend...... Wait! Where is he now? Did you bless and send him on his way to greener pastures?
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I guess muggers can use it to avoid wasting time robbing the poor.
Slow down little world, you're changing too fast.
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Arget didn’t use this app and my Belgium friend has gone to live with him. Permanent.clutchcargo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 12:37 pmJust ask your Belgian friend...... Wait! Where is he now? Did you bless and send him on his way to greener pastures?
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Re: New phone app that tells you if you are within 500m of a deadbeat debtor
The high tech cultural revolution in action.
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