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Because sometimes free costs too much.

Hundreds of LinkNYC kiosks are going up every month. Each kiosk is equipped with microphones, bluetooth beacons, and outward-facing cameras. These technologies have the ability to collect personal information about every New Yorker. Law enforcement agencies can easily access this information, corporations sell it for profit, and the government now has the tools to practice mass surveillance.

LinkNYC is not community WiFi. It is an opportunity for surveillance, data collection and corporate profit boxed and marketed as free WiFi. We believe that the basic building blocks of the LinkNYC program need to be re-thought. Free WiFi should really be free, and citizens - not corporations - must have the freedom to decide if and when their personal information is used.

True community WiFi unites and connects people. It affirms freedom, openness and trust.

Say no to LinkNYC. Another way is possible. Rethink Link.

Why is it a problem?

So what? Why should I care?

Our Demands!

We want free WiFi without surviellance

Who Owns LinkNYC?

Breaking open the corporate labyrinth

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News & Announcements

  • October 11

    ReThinkLinkNYC testifies at City Hall's 'Ban Biometric Surveillance'

    From retailers to landlords, cops to kiosks

  • September 30

    Privacy-invasive kiosks a global issue

    Kiosks go up in Glasgow Scotland

  • September 09

    LinkNYC Code Collects Location Data And Personally Identifying Information

    Intersection Writes It Off As Just A Prototype and A Test

  • August 23

    Bartering Data, Not Selling

    Zuckerberg Doesn’t Tell Congress Facebook Barters Data

  • August 22

    Anonymized Data Proven To Not Be--Again

    Another Set Of Anonymized Data Is Deanonymized

  • July 25

    EFF Peeks Backstage At Rethink LinkNYC

    EFF Highlights Rethink LinkNYC And The Usefulness Of EFA

  • July 18

    Health Insurance And Big Data Intersect

    Companies Purchase Your Data To Determine Your Rates

  • October 04

    EFF Scrutinizes LinkNYC's Updated Privacy Policy

    Public Participation and Consequences for Violations Still Lacking

  • October 03

    The Better to Spy you With

    Short film showing LinkNYC surveillance capabilities for micro-targeted advertising

  • August 18

    DOJ wants to end website privacy

    Are we slipping into state censorship of thought?

  • May 21

    Short film “The Better to Spy You With” debuts at Workers Unite Film Festival, May 5-25

    From the streets to the theater - the word is getting out!

  • May 01

    Not so private policy

    LinkNYC’s new privacy policy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

  • February 21

    Not Your Grandpa's Payphone: Creepy kiosks worry privacy advocates

    RethinkLinkNYC featured in March 2017 issue of The Indypendant

  • January 26

    RethinkLinkNYC featured on BRIC TV's BK Stories

    Free WiFi Kiosks in Brooklyn Are Raising Concerns Among the Cyber Expert Community

  • January 13

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 13, 2017

    Media Release

About Us

We are a group of concerned citizens from a variety of backgrounds who see opposition to LinkNYC as a non-partisan issue. We believe that all New Yorkers will share our strong suspicion of this program when they are better informed. We named our fledgling movement RethinkLinkNYC, because we believe that this program needs to be rethought, and quickly. Free Wi-Fi should really be free, and citizens— not corporations—must have the freedom to decide if and when our data is used.

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