They’re Tracking When You Turn Off the Lights - WSJ - WSJ

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Summary:

"For a long time, people living in cities pretended that they could be anonymous," said Anthony Townsend, author of the book "Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia." "It's not about anonymity but about surveillance. There is a real reckoning that's going to happen."

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http://online.wsj.com/articles/theyre-tracking-when-you-turn-off-the-lights-1413854422

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Date tagged:

10/27/2014, 09:38

Date published:

10/27/2014, 05:38