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I think surveillance could be part of a smart city. But for that to be smart it would have to solve the inherent problems with surveillance. An actual smart cit
by njepa 7y ago
I think surveillance could be part of a smart city. But for that to be smart it would have to solve the inherent problems with surveillance. An actual smart city project would proudly announce what it did to solve these challenges.
I don't see anything on their website that does this, rather it talks about how developers can enjoy access to ubiquitous connectivity [0]. This is in stark contrast to other successful initiatives like Vision Zero that started with trying to define the fundamental problems.
[0] https://sidewalktoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Sidewalk-Labs-Approach-to-Privacy.pdf https://sidewalktoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Sidewa...
[1] https://www.monash.edu/muarc/archive/our-publications/papers/visionzero https://www.monash.edu/muarc/archive/our-publications/papers...
- 908087 7y agoGoogle's vision of a "smart" city is one where surveillance is the end goal, rather than a tool to improve living conditions.
- luckylion 7y ago> solve the inherent problems with surveillance Which problems?
- njepa 7y agoA simple search can summarize better than I can. There are many sources, including papers and books, for this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_issues_in_smart_cities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_issues_in_smart_c...
- luckylion 7y agoOh, I misunderstood. I thought there were problems to be solved in surveillance, not with surveillance. I didn't know that wasn't considered the main drive behind smart cities by everybody.
- Tsubasachan 7y agoSurveillance already exists. Cameras and sensors are everywhere in any modern city. Selling that data off to Google to do god knows what with it is the issue. Ofcourse I live in a country with a reasonably well functioning government. They can run a smart city without whoring themselves out to Silicon Valley.