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It's literally part of the project brief: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbknkj/google-wants-a-civic-data-trust-for-toronto-smart-city-sidewalk-lab
by barkingcat 8y ago
It's literally part of the project brief:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbknkj/google-wants-a-civic-data-trust-for-toronto-smart-city-sidewalk-labs https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbknkj/google-wan...
in the article
" The Quayside project will span 12 acres of Toronto and, while still in the consulting stages, is shaping up to be a sensor-laden information smorgasbord for Sidewalk Labs and any other company collecting data in the area. "
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"a member of a municipal advisory panel on data usage resigned from her position over data collection and transparency concerns with the project."
Her resignation letter is linked and it contains real information - first hand primary source information. There are also city council meeting minutes talking specifically about Sidewalk Lab's very explicitly stated data collection goals if that's not enough "sourcing" for you.
Are you arguing purely because you think Google is never doing nothing wrong and that all residents of Toronto are kidding when they say they know what's going to happen in their city? Do you live in Toronto and do you have a vested interested in how the city operates? To be upfront, I live in Toronto, and bike through the Port Lands on a weekly basis.
I'm trying to find some common ground here but it appears you have not done any research on this project but are speaking only in general terms. I have not spoken ill about google except in specifics about what they actually want to do with this city experiment, and all you've stated are handwaving without any references.