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Unasked Questions About LinkNYC

Coverage of LinkNYC seems always to gravitate toward privacy and surveillance concerns when there are so many more interesting questions…

6 years ago

LinkNYC: 51 Screenchanges, 4 Advertisements. That’s 7.8% Ads, 92.2% Filler.

Last month I surveyed 5 LinkNYC kiosks, finding that only one of them served an expected quantity of ads. My…

6 years ago

My Near-Foray Into Digital Vigilantism

An overheard recitation of one woman's phone number inspired a brief attempt at letting her know she left a lot…

6 years ago

One More Camera Activated on LinkNYC Kiosks, and Other LinkNYC Notes

I sifted through some data in an attempt to determine how LinkNYC kiosks fared during Manhattan's West Side blackout of…

6 years ago

Howler Blasting Through a LinkNYC Loudspeaker

The title says it all. I had LinkNYC machines all over New York blasting this ghastly noise, typically only heard…

6 years ago

Will the LinkNYC Rollout Ever Resume its Rapid Pace?

The formerly breakneck pace of new LinkNYC installations and activations is today characterized by empty advertising-only payphone enclosures, payphones removed…

6 years ago

Payphones vs. LinkNYC: The N11s Compared.

Access to 211, a community outreach service provided by the United Way, has been hijacked on a significant quantity of…

6 years ago

No Breakout on LinkNYC for You

It's still possible to get at Breakout or Doom through LinkNYC. Too bad you can't actually play the games.

6 years ago

LinkNYC’s Loudspeakerphone: A Failure With Precedent

LinkNYC's loudspeaker interface erases some of the most common maintenance headaches of the traditional payphones. But at what cost?

6 years ago

Was the “Immigrant Lady Liberty” #ArtOnLink Screen Really Controversial?

Much of the enmity directed at a specific #ArtOnLink illusrtation was patently Islamophobic. But I found some questions provocative.

6 years ago