by Guest9999 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:16 pm
Was just reading about the Chinese intent for fuller data aggregation and easier, more complete Government access to the data, not just numerical identification, but the voice, face, iris, finger prints, and DNA; plus locations for residence, shopping, travel, recreation, education and when and how they move between these places: and of course what they say, write, and do everywhere, for everyone. And why not?
Anyway, you are correct, the Cambodian Gov knows names of income earners and taxpayers already, it just doesn't seem to aggregate the info, and use it together yet. Through employers, I've been paying Cambodian income tax since around 2005, but I'm fairly confident that no one in the tax office has any idea how many thousands I have paid, when I started paying, or even if the entry with my name in 2005, 2010, or 2022 connects to the same individual, me.
My first wide use of Cambodian land lines was for dial-up modems and that wasn't very useful partly because there were so few land lines. Cambodia leaped almost directly to mobile phones before the turn of the century. Perhaps individual data aggregation will make a similar leap? By the time Immigration, Labor, and Tax is linked and used, they will have voice, fingerprints, facial, and social networks all linked and on tap. I do no wrong, of course, but a bit scary!
Was just reading about the Chinese intent for fuller data aggregation and easier, more complete Government access to the data, not just numerical identification, but the voice, face, iris, finger prints, and DNA; plus locations for residence, shopping, travel, recreation, education and when and how they move between these places: and of course what they say, write, and do everywhere, for everyone. And why not?
Anyway, you are correct, the Cambodian Gov knows names of income earners and taxpayers already, it just doesn't seem to aggregate the info, and use it together yet. Through employers, I've been paying Cambodian income tax since around 2005, but I'm fairly confident that no one in the tax office has any idea how many thousands I have paid, when I started paying, or even if the entry with my name in 2005, 2010, or 2022 connects to the same individual, me.
My first wide use of Cambodian land lines was for dial-up modems and that wasn't very useful partly because there were so few land lines. Cambodia leaped almost directly to mobile phones before the turn of the century. Perhaps individual data aggregation will make a similar leap? By the time Immigration, Labor, and Tax is linked and used, they will have voice, fingerprints, facial, and social networks all linked and on tap. I do no wrong, of course, but a bit scary!