Free Pietje 🇵🇸 🍉Feb 17, 2019

On  @SamHarrisOrg said:
"Welcome to the panopticon...
China becomes an episode of Black Mirror"
and shared this article:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278

to which my response was:
"Give it 5-10 years, then we'll have it too, but with better marketing, but effectively similar.
IIRC Eindhoven has a system (in pilot?) 'similar' as shown in the head picture (Person of Interest style) ... for a snitch city project. Fighting crime and/or terrorism will be used too"

Leave no dark corner

Dandan Fan's every move will soon be watched and judged by her government, and she's happy about that. "Social credit" will unite Big Brother and big data to coerce more than a billion people.

ABC News
Show threadFree Pietje 🇵🇸 🍉Feb 19, 2019

It looks like (especially) Barcelona and Amsterdam at least have some sensible approach wrt 'smart cities':
https://decorrespondent.nl/8977/zo-voorkomen-we-dat-onze-steden-veranderen-in-laboratoria-voor-techbedrijven/130639713578-4459edc3
(dutch)

Toronto OTOH, holy shit.
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/google-quayside-toronto-smart-city/

“The genesis of the thinking for Sidewalk Labs came from Google’s founders getting excited thinking of ‘all the things you could do if someone would just give us a city and put us in charge’” - Eric Schmidt

Toronto is getting everything you'd expect when you collaborate with Google:
a dystopian nightmare

Zo voorkomen we dat onze steden veranderen in laboratoria voor techbedrijven

In Amsterdam en Barcelona wordt een nieuw soort slimme stad gebouwd. Een waar burgers – niet de techbedrijven – aan zet zijn.

Show threadFree Pietje 🇵🇸 🍉

Ever wondered how to fill up your bullshit-bingo-card?
This article about Ottawa has it all:
https://obj.ca/article/smart-cities-setting-course-more-connected-ottawa

"The system flags invisible threats such as seismic activity, dangerous wind speeds and toxic gases" ... sounds good, right?
"in addition to reading licence plates of passing cars and recognizing faces."
Oepsie

"AV and its related applications are just a few examples of how emerging technology is poised to revolutionize life in urban areas, local officials say."

Smart cities: Setting a course for a more connected Ottawa | Ottawa Business Journal

New technology will soon make driving, parking and interacting with City Hall easier, municipal officials say

Mar 24, 2019 at 11:45pmWeb