Smart Cities Are Creating a Mass Surveillance Nightmare

Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/smart-cities-are-creating-a-mass-surveillance-nightmare

That’s the proposal from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who having recently returned from the cornfield-dotted campaign trail in Iowa, is setting his sights on transforming New York City into something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel. But some critics are urging caution about the move.

The fuss is about a tiny RFID chip that the mayor wants to embed into each and every municipal ID card for New York residents as part of the “IDNYC” program.Read more here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/smart-cities-are-creating-a-mass-surveillance-nightmare

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