An alternative view ...
What a vision! *
Such a system could easily be stretched to include information
on physical and mental health, financial standing, scrapes with
the law; it could readily accommodate tips from neighbours and
whistle blowers, clandestine surveillance tapes, movement logs;
every credit and trackable transaction, every filling and eyetest.
While this might be a boon to educational institutions, employers
and state governments, and while it is probably well on the way
to happening (though often in clumsy and ineffective ways) it
would not necessarily be a great benefit for even the most righteous
citizen ...
* Orwell, and Gilliam have been here before
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