“...Social credit scores accessed by cell phone track every individual and, based on compliance to party dictates, determine where they can go, if they take flights or trains etc. ...”
I treat my cellphone like a landline and leave it at home.
I am becoming more deaf as I get older, so will be getting a phone that works off a cable modem, and thus stays at my house.
There are millions of Americans like me, deaf and severely hard of hearing; they will have no use for cellphones due to their disability.
The Chinese are indifferent to hearing loss. You simply can’t enter certain locations without holding your cell phone up to sensors to determine vaccination status, credit scores etc. and therefore permit or deny access. :(