Transforming NYC's Payphones into a 'Personalized Propaganda Engine'

I really do hope that by now, everyone knows not to do anything they wouldn't want the public to know about on public WiFi, especially these systems. Using a VPN when you are on public WiFi such as this helps solve a lot of the privacy problems that you face using said service.

Re: Transforming NYC's Payphones into a 'Personalized Propaganda Engine'

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Post by walterbell » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

Alphabet's NYC kiosks also have two cameras which are recording passers-by, https://cryptome.org/2016/06/linknyc-spy-kiosks-installation...

A dystopian "smart city" vision can be seen in the "Hyper Reality" video, http://hyper-reality.co that is inspired by Magic Leap's AR, in which Google is an investor.

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Post by ucaetano » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:24 PM UTC

I counted 21 cases of mostly targeted ads in that single article.

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:24 PM UTC

spdustin wrote: post #3

This sounds eerily like the plot of Watch Dogs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Dogs

Google has repetitively made their interest in running cities public, Larry Page talks about it often. While this article is primarily focused on the Wi-Fi efforts in New York City, Google has been working with other cities to replace management of public transit and parking enforcement.

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Post by heheocoenev » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:28 PM UTC

I was walking down 3rd ave at 2am a week ago. I saw a homeless man with headphones listening to music on YouTube on a link. He had a little chair and was rocking out. It was beautiful.

We might give up a lot, but maybe those with nothing to give have plenty to gain.

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Post by ucaetano » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:36 PM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #5

Alphabet's NYC kiosks also have two cameras which are recording passers-by, https://cryptome.org/2016/06/linknyc-spy-kiosks-installation... A dystopian "smart city" vision can be seen in the "Hyper Reality" video, http://hyper-reality.co that is inspired by Magic Leap's AR, in which Google is an investor.

Or the Syndicate Wars intro sequence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGvIrf86g4Y

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Post by jolux » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC

ucaetano wrote: post #6

I counted 21 cases of mostly targeted ads in that single article.

And what makes you think the author of that article has any control over the business model of the publication they're writing for? Are we not allowed to criticize ad tech online in ad supported venues? Because all of the most popular venues are ad supported. If you want a voice, you have to make compromises.