Smart Cities Promise Efficiency But Promote Surveillance Capitalism

The more data collected by Smart City technology the greater the risk of it all ending up in the hands of hackers. Lack of security is an existential threat to city inhabitants but only a slight nuisance to Big Tech. ⁃ TN EditorMore than a million New Yorkers could soon willingly agree to carry a government-issued tracking device, whether they realize it or not. 
That’s the proposal from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who having recently returned from the cornfield-dotted campa