http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211217-172800-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/os3-cities-of-god/ Cities of God - Smart Cities and Surveillance Ranchordas, Sofia eng 2021-12-17 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Smart-city surveillance is not always used “for the good.” Instead, the faces of regime opponents or, in other contexts, underrepresented minorities, are often self-incriminating elements. It is clear that smart cities pose important problems to privacy and that technology-infused urban spaces bring as many benefits as challenges. I argue that we should be particularly critical of the employment of surveillance technologies in slums because they are by definition vulnerable places from different perspectives.