Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers

On 8/19/24 4:59 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:01:00 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

On 18 Aug 2024 03:45:42 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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A contemporary article with a chilling vision of the future:
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"Eventually, large corporations could also be plugged into the system.
Computers thousands of miles apart could talk taxes without any
numbskull human interference. Banks could be hooked in, too, reporting
who is getting interest payments. Real-estate and stock-market
computers might tattle on who is making money. Machines in charity
organizations could reveal amounts of donations. And hospital computers
could report on individual medical costs."

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All routine nowadays. As is compliance with anti-money-laundering laws.
Which are governed by international agreements.

 Yeah, the surveillance state is doing fine but the flying cars predicted
in 1963 never happened and there are some guys in orbit that hope they can
thumb a ride home someday.

   I sent a mail to SpaceX urging them to paint
   "Elon's Friendly Space Towing" with some hokey
   little graphic on the side of the eventual
   rescue capsule  :-)
   As for the flying cars - probably best that they
   never worked ... there'd be flaming junk falling
   from the skies almost constantly. People suck
   even at 2-D driving.
   (Looks like there's no such thing as anti-gravity
   alas ... it'd require unbending spacetime)
   As for the money-laundering stuff ... fear not ...
   all the players will find work-arounds almost
   overnight. Some loopholes will be PROVIDED by
   those who drafted the laws and those who write
   the spy software. They'll get their cut of the
   action in return  :-)