<story><title>Barcelona is leading the fightback against smart city surveillance</title><url>http://www.wired.co.uk/article/barcelona-decidim-ada-colau-francesca-bria-decode</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jasdeepsingh</author><text>I think a city like Barcelona, with their theft and crime problem can make use of some sort of surveillance.&lt;p&gt;Just two weeks ago, 3 hours before ending my vacation in the city, Me and my wife were robbed off roughly worth $10k USD in a car tire puncture scam.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;tourist-scams.com&amp;#x2F;tourist-scam-destinations&amp;#x2F;barcelona-spain&amp;#x2F;car-tire-puncture-scam&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;tourist-scams.com&amp;#x2F;tourist-scam-destinations&amp;#x2F;barcelona...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Barcelona is leading the fightback against smart city surveillance</title><url>http://www.wired.co.uk/article/barcelona-decidim-ada-colau-francesca-bria-decode</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>darthdev</author><text>“Now we have a big contract with Vodafone, and every month Vodafone has to give machine readable data to city hall. Before, that didn’t happen. They just took all the data and used it for their own benefit”&lt;p&gt;So, now Vodafone AND the city government has this data about the citizens. How is this fighting against surveillance? Am I missing something? :&amp;#x2F;</text></comment>