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Tue, 29 Apr 2003
The Transparent Society gets closer. How long before those CCTV WiFi signals become hacked? How long before people realise they are better off without a state monopoly on snooping?
Calling it ‘4G’ nicely twists the knife in 3G too.
London’s City of Westminster Council is to bring 802.11b wireless networking to the streets of Soho. The scheme, dubbed the Westminster 4G project, will initially provide Wi-Fi connectivity for council operatives and remote systems.
Other applications the Council is considering include the roll-out of greater CCTV monitoring - at a fraction of the cost of current systems which have seen the Council spend around £2 million installing just 30 cameras in the West End