Roxana Marachi, Ph.D
Link:
What Will Living in a “Smart City” Mean for San José Residents?
Excerpts:
While difficult to know how day-to-day life will change as a result of living in a “smart city,” the issues described below are certainly worth learning more about. What should residents expect as tangible benefits? What will be the costs? What blind spots may exist among well-intentioned leaders making decisions, and will there be unintended (or consciously dismissed) harms resulting from these initiatives?
A precise definition of a “Smart City” remains elusive, yet what does appear at the root, is that 5G will be involved.
…”For San Jose, the march toward 5G continues without the FCC. On Monday, the city struck an agreement with AT&T to install about 200 small-cell devices for 5G on light poles in exchange for $5 million in lease revenue over 15 years. Perhaps the worst part of the whole process, said San Jose Mayor Liccardo, is that most Americans aren’t paying attention: “When you’re talking about complex issues of technology and regulation, it’s often lost on the public just how badly they’re being screwed.”
See the link for a list of concerns related to the Smart Cities and 5G rollouts,plus more specific questions at the end of the post.
A. Public Health Impacts
1. Scientists and Doctors Demand Moratorium on 5G (original)
2. 5G Wireless Technology: Millimeter Wave Health Effects
3. To learn more about concerns related to 5G and “Internet of Things” technologies, listen to the audio of the following Commonwealth Club discussion held on February 5th, 2018 in San Francisco, CA: ReInventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks and read the report here published by the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy.
4. 5G Wireless Telecommunications Expansion: Public Health and Environmental Implications (in press), Environmental Research. Abridged version available via Bulletin of the Santa Clara County Medical Association, re-shared with permission from author: A 5G Wireless Future: Will It Contribute to a Smart Nation or Contribute To An Unhealthy One?
B. Big Data Security Issues:
See the post for examples of major security/data breaches from several of the proposed platforms, including privacy risks.