A Google-Related Plan Brings Futuristic Vision, Privacy Concerns To Toronto
Sidewalk Labs, a sibling company to Google, plans to redevelop Toronto's waterfront as a high-tech, livable lab. Some residents wonder what a data-driven development could mean for privacy.
Years ago, Google's founders wondered what would happen if they could take their pieces of technical knowledge and apply them to cities.
"We started talking about all of these things that we could do if someone would just give us a city and put us in charge," Eric Schmidt, CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent company, joked recently.
Last month, after a public competition, an Alphabet subsidiary called was chosen as an "innovation and funding partner" to help Toronto come up with an ambitious, tech-heavy plan for
