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Homeless people as wi-fi hotspots: what are your thoughts?

Asked by phaedryx (6129points) March 13th, 2012

This year, at SXSW, a company “hired members of the local homeless population to walk around carrying mobile Wi-Fi devices, offering conferencegoers Internet access in exchange for donations” plus $20 per day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/technology/homeless-as-wi-fi-transmitters-creates-a-stir-in-austin.html

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/life-as-a-homeless-hotspot

What do you think? Good idea? Exploitation?

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