Who trusts in the smart city? Transparency, governance, and the Internet of Things
Who trusts in the smart city? Transparency, governance, and the Internet of Things
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10.1017/dap.2020.11
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2020-01-01
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Salt, Karen
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Jacobs, Naomi;Edwards, Peter;Salt, Karen
物联网（IoT）设备（如连接的传感器）越来越多地用于公共部门，通常在公共场所部署和收集数据。围绕公共空间物联网计划的一个常见主题是赋权，这些部署被政策制定者广泛认为是有益的。然而，这种技术带来了新的治理挑战。重要的是要问清楚谁被赋予权力，谁受益，我们必须确保这种技术干预遵循民主原则，并得到公民的信任。在本文中，我们研究了风险，透明度和数据治理如何在这一领域需要仔细考虑，描述了研究这些联合收割机如何结合形成可信物联网生态系统组件的工作。这包括概述公共空间物联网部署的情况，考虑它们如何经常被纳入理想化的智能城市重点修辞中，并讨论社区环境中的设计虚构等方法如何发现潜在的风险和问题。我们的研究结果表明，与物联网系统相关的机构，价值和意图是必须透明的关键组成部分，特别是当涉及多个参与者和利益相关者时。我们认为，良好的治理需要在整个规划、实施和评估过程中全面考虑这些系统，并与包括公众在内的受影响的多个利益攸关方进行协商。为了有效地实现这一目标，我们主张在设备和系统层面实现透明度，这可能需要立法改革。
Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as connected sensors are increasingly being used in the public sector, often deployed and collecting data in public spaces. A theme commonly seen in the rhetoric surrounding public space IoT initiatives is empowerment, and these deployments are broadly perceived as beneficial by policy makers. However, such technology presents new governance challenges. It is important to ask who is empowered and who benefits, and we must ensure that such technological interventions follow democratic principles and are trusted by citizens. In this paper, we investigate how risk, transparency, and data governance require careful consideration in this domain, describing work which investigates how these combine to form components of trusted IoT ecosystems. This includes an overview of the landscape of public space IoT deployments, consideration of how they may often be subsumed in idealized smart city focused rhetoric, and discussion of how methodologies such as design fiction in community settings can uncover potential risks and concerns. Our findings suggest that agency, value and intent associated with IoT systems are key components that must be made transparent, particularly when multiple actors and stakeholders are involved. We suggest that good governance requires consideration of these systems in their entirety, throughout the full planning, implementation, and evaluation process, and in consultation with multiple stakeholders who are impacted, including the public. To achieve this effectively, we argue for transparency at the device and system level, which may require legislative change.