'Surveillance capitalism' critic urges Toronto to abandon smart city project(theguardian.com)
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'Surveillance capitalism' critic urges Toronto to abandon smart city project
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/06/toronto-smart-city-google-project-privacy-concerns
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'Later that month, Ann Cavoukian, the former privacy commissioner of Ontario, also resigned. “I imagined us creating a Smart City of Privacy, as opposed to a Smart City of Surveillance,” she wrote in her resignation letter'.
"Smart City of Privacy"? How quaint. That's from the "privacy commissioner", the resident "privacy professional". Well, she didn't quite like how the project was shaping up, so rather than attempting to steer it properly, she simply abandoned her post and washed her hands of any responsibility, so they can go ahead and employ someone else who greenlights every insidious decision that will be implemented. These people serve the public by quitting their jobs when they don't like what's happening.
The cities we have are already retrofitted to be "smart". Have you looked around lately when you go outside? There are innumerable devices in plain sight littering the landscape, watching you and tracking your phone - your location, your associations, your contacts, your interests, your movements - recorded, catalogued, processed, stored and retrievable indefinitely to serve the whim of the controllers.
"Smart City of Privacy"? How quaint. That's from the "privacy commissioner", the resident "privacy professional". Well, she didn't quite like how the project was shaping up, so rather than attempting to steer it properly, she simply abandoned her post and washed her hands of any responsibility, so they can go ahead and employ someone else who greenlights every insidious decision that will be implemented. These people serve the public by quitting their jobs when they don't like what's happening.
The cities we have are already retrofitted to be "smart". Have you looked around lately when you go outside? There are innumerable devices in plain sight littering the landscape, watching you and tracking your phone - your location, your associations, your contacts, your interests, your movements - recorded, catalogued, processed, stored and retrievable indefinitely to serve the whim of the controllers.
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