08-05-2019 18:32 via technocracy.news

Smart City Startup Quayside Draws Fire Over Privacy And High Costs

Toronto is learning the hard way about Public-Private Partnerships with the likes of Google-linked  Sidewalk Labs. Smart City construction in its Quayside district is costly compared to traditional urban design, and data privacy is still an open sieve. ⁃ TN EditorThe Google sister company promised to transform a dilapidated stretch of the Toronto waterfront into the world’s most technologically advanced neighborhood.
Quayside would be outfitted with robotic garbage collection, s
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