Sidewalk Labs, owned by the parent company of Google, Alphabet, is going to build a digital city in Toronto. They plan to turn the waterfront area into a working laboratory for a range of “smart” technologies. Sounds interesting, but you have to wonder if it’s a good idea to continue putting potential surveillance devices everywhere we live, shop, or work. Privacy is becoming a very limited word/reality if you ask me.



Sidewalk Labs has already started smart projects in other cities. It plans to provide fast wi-fi across New York, using old payphones. But its goal has always been to build a smart city from the ground up. The Quayside area in Toronto – some 800 acres (3.2 sq km) in total – is one of the largest underdeveloped urban areas in North America.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – ‘Future city’ to be Built in Canada by Alphabet Company