Podcast #34: Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities

Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.

By Mo Lotman | August 8, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Community, Culture, Government, Human Rights, Law, Podcasts, Policing, Politics, Prediction, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society, Transportation | Alphabet, Autonomous Vehicles, Bike Share, Boston, Branding, Cameras, Cities, City Services, Civic Engagement, Civic Pride, Complexity, Data Gathering, Data Monetization, Democracy, Dynamic Systems, Efficiency, Engineering, Google, License Plate Readers, Mixed-Use, Optimization, Predictive Policing, Public Policy, Public Space, Racism, Reductionism, Richness, Seattle, Sensors, Sidewalk Labs, Smart Cities, Smart Technology, Social Justice, Street Life, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Tech Goggles, Traffic, Transportation, Urban Design

Carpenter v. US: A Rare Win for Privacy Rights

The Supreme Court finally taps the brakes on the unrestrained collection of digital data by law enforcement.

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | August 31, 2018 | Law, Policing, Privacy | Carpenter v. US, Cell Towers, Cell-Site Data, Crime, Data, FISA, Fourth Amendment, John Roberts, License Plate Readers, Neil Gorsuch, Police, PRISM, Privacy, Robbery, Smartphones, Supreme Court, surveillance, Tracking, Warrant

Have the Robot Wars Begun?

Without much oversight or discussion, security robots have begun appearing in public spaces, causing conflicts and raising questions about privacy and human dignity.

By Tom Valovic | January 10, 2018 | Automation, Community, Government, Policing, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society | China, Crime, Facial Recognition, Homeless, Knightscope, Lasers, License Plate Readers, Privacy, Public Space, Riot Control, Robots, San Francisco, Security, SPCA, surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Tasers, Vandalism

CCTV: A View on Surveillance From Britain

British citizens may be the most visually surveilled people in the West, with an estimated one camera for every ten people. Critical awareness may slowly be dawning, but will it make any difference?

By Lorenzo Migliorato | January 3, 2018 | Defense, Government, Human Rights, Law, Policing, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society | Authoritarianism, Britain, British Parliament, CCTV, China, Crime, Cybersurveillance, Democracy, England, Facial Recognition, General Data Protection Regulation, Jeremy Bentham, License Plate Readers, London, Orwell, Panopticon, Privacy, Richard Thomas, Security, Slavoj Žižek, surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Terrorism, The Centre for Information Policy Leadership, UK

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