Cities across the country are installing ‘free’ spying Smart City Kiosks

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Two years ago, I wrote an article warning NYC residents that City Bridge was installing spying Smart City Kiosks (SCK) throughout the city.

The SCK’s came equipped with cameras, microphones and sensors that created the largest urban spying system in the country.

SCK’s collect lot’s of personal information, like a person’s MAC address, IP address, browser type and version and their destination IP address to name a few.  

Who is behind SCK’s?

Two years ago it was revealed that Google acquired Control Group, which is CityBridge’s parent corporation.

“Control Group and Titan Outdoor are both behind an effort called LinkNYC, the Wi-Fi hotspots will offer charging stations for cell phones and free calls to anywhere in the US.”

Why is the MSM silent about Google’s involvement with SCK’s?

Google and Qualcom have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to fuel SCK’s expansion.

Qualcomm’s 410 SnapDragon processor and Vision Intelligence Platform are designed with one thing in mind, Smart City surveillance.

How have SCK’s grown?

Fast forward two years and companies like CityPost are offering cities free SCK’s.

“Among other terrific benefits, we are particularly thrilled to bring free Wi-Fi hotspots to downtown, as well as improved wayfinding, and enhanced safety and security,” LDP Executive Director Rebecca Matheny said in the release. (To learn more about spying kiosks click here & here.)

Why everyone should be concerned about free SCK’s.

Louisville Downtown Partnership Executive Director Rebecca Matheny said, “There are a lot of things we’ve wanted to have in our downtown that this great product brings in one place. They are Wi-Fi hotspots that are camera-enabled, have great wayfinding, and are a terrific help identifying restaurants, directions and all kinds of metro resources. We hope to eventually have 100-150 within all of downtown, so we will be rolling them out fast and furious.”

Cities across the country are installing free SCK’s

Kiosk Industry.org has a created an updated list of places and things that SCK’s are collecting.

There are at least eight companies that are responsible for installing SCK’s in cities across the country. They are, CIVIQ Smartscapes, IKE Smart City, Smart City Media, SmartLINK, Soofa , Verizon and LG-MRI.

SCK’s are part of the Smart City surveillance network
image credit: Kiosk Industry

As you can see from the diagram, SCK’s are part of a giant web of Smart City surveillance devices.

If you still have any doubts about SCk’s being part of a Smart City surveillance network, please look at this diagram.

image credit VTARA Energy Group

Soon, no where will be safe from Big Brother’s spying eyes.

https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2018/08/cities-across-country-are-installing.html

2 thoughts on “Cities across the country are installing ‘free’ spying Smart City Kiosks”

  1. I know I must be getting old because this article starts with “two years ago” and I could swear I only read about it 4 months ago. hehehehe

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  2. We can call earth PLANET DICTATOR, with the all-seeing eye ever sharpening its vision.

    Somehow, the grid will fold on itself. I can’t prove it, but it’s burstin’ at the seams. The grid is in over-load and Mother Nature will have to put it in check. Again, can’t prove it, but just some stirrings.

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