Residents Push Back Against SMART City Technology in San Diego
by Guest Contributor This article originally appeared on Leo Hohmann’s Substack and was republished with permission. Are you aware that many cities, even some smaller to medium-sized ones, are installing cameras, speakers and license-plate readers on street-light poles and other barely noticed but ubiquitous locations? The outfitting of America’s cities with 5G technology, which took place largely with federal funding appropriated under the Trump administration, set the stage for our cities to be converted into “smart cities.” That’s a cleverly deceptive term for “surveillance cities,” in which no human activity takes place outside the watchful eye of Big Brother. Because...
by Guest Contributor This article originally appeared on Leo Hohmann’s Substack and was republished with permission. Are you aware that many cities, even some smaller to medium-sized ones, are installing cameras, speakers and license-plate readers on street-light poles and other...
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