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1
Of course it's an accident.

Sleep soundly, serfs.

Only citizens have rights - and only the Rich and Powerful are Citizens.
2
The city council should demand the devices be removed immediately. Furthermore, they need to require all new tech be approved by the Council before implementation.
3
Brendan, the story was posted to the Times' website yesterday, but it's on the front page of today's print edition.
4
The one on 4th and Blanchard (across from the fire station) has been on for the better part of a year since I started working down there.
5
I don't know what the big deal is. Anywhere you have WiFi (Starbucks, Hotel, Library, Apple Store, etc) is where your MAC will be logged.

Its incidents like the Seahawks Parade where the system becomes incredibly useful.
6
@5: Kinison: One difference between the two sets of systems you referenced is that one is controlled by private entities and the other is controlled by our public employees. We have no direct control over the activities of private businesses, so long as those activities are lawful. We can and should order our government staff to refrain from recording our words, associations, and locations unless they have reason to suspect us of wrongdoing.
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@6 the lack of control you cite regarding private wifi is precisely the reason that this is an absurd worry
8
XXXOOO from a previous thread called it: "Next we'll hear that, oops, it was accidentally turned on again without telling anybody." http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/turn-…

Their definition of "disabled" is an odd one if it doesn't persist though a power-cycle. All of the "disabled" mesh nodes have lights blinking, including the one that I noted was transmitting at 3rd&Yesler.

Same goes for the cameras attached to this network which are "not in use" though they still have power and optical fiber network cables attached, blue "on" lights shining day and night.
9
We have seen similar devices here in Sarasota. They are called "Stingray's". They "trick" your phone into connecting to it like it would a cell tower, and at that point every single bit of data on your device is available to them. Fortunately here in Florida the ACLU has filed suit, and the Feds showed up to "collect" these devices for now. in the meantime SPD have had to temporarily cease and desist per a circuit judges order. Stay tuned...
10
http://www.takebackyourpower.net/news/20… is-your-homes-energy-meter-spying-on-you/

http://globalnews.ca/news/1477802/saskpo… Another SaskPower smart meter explodes in Saskatchewan (July 28, 2014)

http://acluhi.org/2012/01/11/know-your-r… know-your-rights-new-electrical-smart-grids-raise-privacy-concerns/
11
It is all about advancing the Police State by any means necessary, by whatever lie or evasion you have to use. You need this to enforce the insane laws being brought in primarily by secret treaties (TPP, TTIP, TAFTA, etc.) and by administrative law (the bureaucrats creating law on the spot, with no accountability, to suit them and their secret society masters). This gradual bringing in of Orwellian technology is the "Totalitarian Tiptoe" by David Icke,

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