Public Concern Grows Over Sidewalk Labs’ Smart City Surveillance

Smart City designer Sidewalk Labs is owned by Alphabet and is a sister company to Google. The more they try to defend themselves over data collection, the more skepticism arises in the public eye. ⁃ TN EditorAlphabet’s plans to develop a Toronto neighborhood could set a dangerous precedent for the future of data-driven cities, according to data governance experts.
Last month, Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet, released a 1,524-page repo