La fonte di questa segnalazione, Aral Balkan, commenta (su Twitter): /Not surprising given wholesale uncritical adoption of Silicon Valley doctrine in the Netherlands. They wanna be Silicon Valley so bad they could pull a muscle.// // //For an ethical alternative, see Ghent. They reject the Smart City (panopticon) concept & want to foster Smart Citizens./ jc* ---- 'Living laboratories': the Dutch cities amassing data on oblivious residents */In Eindhoven and Utrecht smart tech is tackling traffic, noise and crime. But with privacy laws proving futile and commercial companies in on the act, are the plans as benign as they seem?/ Saskia Naafs Thu 1 Mar 2018 07.30 GMT Stratumseind in Eindhoven is one of the busiest nightlife streets in the Netherlands. On a Saturday night, bars are packed, music blares through the street, laughter and drunken shouting bounces off the walls. As the night progresses, the ground becomes littered with empty shot bottles, energy drink cans, cigarette butts and broken glass. It’s no surprise that the place is also known for its frequent fights. To change that image, Stratumseind has become one of the “smartest” streets in the Netherlands. Lamp-posts have been fitted with wifi-trackers, cameras and 64 microphones that can detect aggressive behaviour and alert police officers to altercations. There has been a failed experiment to change light intensity to alter the mood. The next plan, starting this spring, is to diffuse the smell of oranges to calm people down. The aim? To make Stratumseind a safer place. […] Continua qui: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/01/smart-cities-data-privacy-ein...