Currently, in China abuse of control is so prevalent, in the sense of technology.
China has installed hyper-surveillance in their country. Where they have ID’s that must be scanned at every purchase, and monitor what they do online. The ID card tallies up points to give them a score, to tell whether they are a good person or not.
I know what you are thinking, crazy right?! Well actually, its not that crazy.
With the technology that we have today, we are able to monitor basically anything. Real life example: Only the other day, I needed to find out if a road was closed or not to get home. I looked up if it was closed, and a real-time traffic camera showed me that there was in fact traffic in this place — to the exact millisecond.
I wonder, what the faces behind my screen think of the things I do online? Do they wonder why my taste in movies ranges from sitcom to Marvel Avengers? Do they wonder why the most highly texted person on my phone is my Mum? And I wonder why they would want to track what I am doing?
So I ask you, what is your scorecard looking like? And are you scared too that you are being tracked with every sentence you type?
Until next time,
Lil x
Lilli Hessenberger 
Though the Chinese Government is certainly utilising its power, I don’t think it can be simply defined as an “abuse of control” as China is now able to prevent crime easier and ensure those who do good are benefiting. It is scary to think that the FBI Man meme is now a very real possibility (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/government-agent-watching-me). On the other hand, I don’t think all of humanity should have to live life in constant fear of being deemed a criminal by a point system, and it seems as though we’ve now reached the point where we’ve surpassed what George Orwell was warning about in 1984, as Big Brother has now begun watching you.
LikeLike
Would not want to imagine how bad my scorecard would be. I have spent long amounts of time in China and speaking to locals they have said that this surveillance is not a privacy issue as most behave appropriately and believe that its purpose isnt to spy but stop crime and thats something they area ll behind. A bit late now to add, but a little bit of info to get out of your topic first hand.
LikeLike