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Ubicity is the Security and Surveillance in Smart Cities project based in the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.

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Joined November 2014
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Power shifts in mapping, the importance of #location in tech arms race, and the future of #driverlesscars theguardian.com/technology/s…
Maps: the new frontier in the tech arms race

Maps: the new frontier in the tech arms race

Uber is entering the mapping business, taking on Google, Apple and TomTom. And this isn’t just about taxi pickups – the future of driverless cars is at stake

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Visual summary of key points discussed during day one of #Imagine2016 from graphic facilitator Debbie Roberts
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At @TSCatapult #Imagine2016 festival in Milton Keynes-future of transport/intelligent mobility #autonomousvehicles
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US Dept. of Transport ‘smart city challenge’, the sharing economy and Autonomous Vehicles finally converge arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05…
Uber to begin testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

Uber to begin testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

The ride-sharing company wants to ditch the human element.

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Today's Poli Sci pop quiz: Which killed more Americans in 2015? A: terrorists or B: toddlers with guns. Answer: B
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#publicparticipation #democraticprocess teapaw.org/LSEpublicevents/status…
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19/5 Oscar H Gandy Jr speaks on 'Surveillance & the Public Sphere' #LSEGandy bit.ly/1RTc3qE @LSEmediapolicy
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Concise overview of NYCLU’s concerns with NYC’s NYCLink free wifi program and its questionable #privacy policy nyclu.org/files/releases/cit…
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Cycling app data: “individual details are anonymised”…there’s more to appropriate #datamanagement than anonymisation gu.com/p/4tqn6/stw
Public space, victim blaming, power and how the auto industry created the 'crime' of jaywalking vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/ja… via @voxdotcom
Great article by @SaskiaSassen paying tribute to the fabulous work of Jane Jacobs, 100 years after her birth gu.com/p/4tznp/stw
#AAG2016 Judith Butler: ethics of non-violence needs to be situated in political framework of (un)grieveability of certain lives over others
You still have time to register and submit full papers for #SSN2016 Deadline March 25th. Look forward to seeing you!
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Blame zoning, not tech, for San Francisco's housing crisis trib.al/bHsKUXb
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Agencies did not get federal authorization to use Stingray surveillance devices fw.to/aXZokAZ
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Privacy and the Internet of Things by Vincenzo Alaimo ubicity.ca/2016/03/08/privac…
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"To build #SmartCities that will work, we have to understand their risks, not just promote their benefits" @dr_rick theurbantechnologist.com/201…
What’s the risk of investing in a Smarter City?

What’s the risk of investing in a Smarter City?

(Or “how to buy a Smarter City that won’t go bump in the night”) There are good reasons why the current condition and future outlook of the world’s cities have been the subj…

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Self-driving cars face challenges beyond technology trib.al/0y8cyO4 from @GlobeBusiness
Self-driving cars face challenges beyond technology

Self-driving cars face challenges beyond technology

Laws, driving culture will require major updates if self-driving cars are to become commonplace

theglobeandmail.com
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Indegy offers network appliance to improve industrial controllers’ protection | IT World Canada News ow.ly/Y8NjA
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Team happily presenting our real-time demo for the use of drones in #smartcities #LTE nokia.ly/1PySo26 teapaw.org/ashtan/status/69531538…
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