‘To build a better life’: Chicago’s new data-collecting sensors stir privacy concerns

‘The Array of Things project could be life changing. By using cameras, sound level monitors and air quality sensors, the network digitizes city living. But privacy experts fear potential problems with the program.
The Array of Things made its live debut Monday in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago, where the city installed two 10-pound nodes on traffic posts last week. The nodes contain low resolution cameras, microphones and various air quality sensors, along with sensors that detect use of WiFi and Bluetooth devices within a 100-foot range.’
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