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The more interesting aspect are the always on cameras that are built into each billboard. The data being collected and analyzed across a city over time must be
by rememberlenny 9y ago
The more interesting aspect are the always on cameras that are built into each billboard. The data being collected and analyzed across a city over time must be generating very valuable data.
- Gaelan 9y agoHas LinkNYC responded to this? It seems at least plausible that some feature of the devices (video chat?) requires a camera. Do we know that the cameras are always-on? Edit: https://www.link.nyc/faq.html#cameras https://www.link.nyc/faq.html#cameras Looks like it’s not completely unreasonable—they’re not doing straight-up tracking, and wanting to figure out who damaged your expensive machine is a reasonable goal. However, this still (I think) allows tracking anybody they claim is dangerous or a criminal. Better, but far from good.
- dublinben 9y agoFor more information, please see here: https://cryptome.org/2016/06/linknyc-spy-kiosks-installation-videos.htm https://cryptome.org/2016/06/linknyc-spy-kiosks-installation...
- vm 9y agoReminds me of eye-scan advertising in Minority Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ
- btown 9y agoRelevant: https://www.bestvpn.com/privacy-news/widespread-facial-recognition/ https://www.bestvpn.com/privacy-news/widespread-facial-recog...
- KGIII 9y agoGood. I'm not the only one. My first thought wasn't about how interesting or cool this could be. My first thought was that this was a blow to privacy.