Big Business’ Plans to Put 30 New Eyes on Downtown Streets Raise Data Privacy Concerns

Seattle’s downtown panopticon to expand with Downtown Seattle Association kiosksby Hannah KriegThe Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) wants to prop up 30 digital kiosks powered by IKE Smart City to run advertisements, display maps, and to emit free Wi-Fi. The kiosks' ads would raise a projected $1 million a year for DSA and smaller Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) to pay for downtown improvement initiatives at no cost to the budget-challenged City of Seattle. But, as the old saying goes,