New York has just opened a massive public spying network

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by Sindy Cator on March 22, 2016 at 11:59 am

‘Free’ public Wi-Fi always sounds a little too good to be true and now American civil liberties campaigners have written to the Mayor of New York to tell him they are pretty creeped out about how much data the new LinkNYC booths will collect. The anticipated 10,000-strong network across New York will be paid for by advertising, which the team explains will represent a “rich, context-aware platform to reach New Yorkers and visitors.” Mayor de Blasio has so far only talked about this as a boon for the city as he expects it to generate $500 million in advertising sales but, of course,…