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'City of surveillance': privacy expert quits Toronto's smart-city project
- JamesCoyne 8y agoSome interesting recent articles in the same vein: Jim Balsillie (RIM founder) is not a fan of the project: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-sidewalk-toronto-is-not-a-smart-city/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-sidewalk-tor... A choice quote: "Sidewalk Toronto is not a smart city. It is a colonizing experiment in surveillance capitalism attempting to bulldoze important urban, civic and political issues. Of all the misguided innovation strategies Canada has launched over the past three decades, this purported smart city is not only the dumbest but also the most dangerous." The Auditor General is conducting a "value-for-money" audit of the project Paywall: https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/ontario-auditor-general-conducting-audit-of-waterfront-toronto/ https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/ontario-auditor-general-c...
- sctb 8y agoDiscussed yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18320880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18320880.