Cyber Kiosks — The Data Harvesting Booth or Protecting Society?

I had just arrived in Kirkcaldy on Thursday for a meeting about “Crypto Toun” — yes, there may be plans to setup a Zug-style Crypto Village in Scotland — and I received a call from the STV:

“Could you comment on these new Cyber Kiosks?”,

“Well … “,

and I explained all about what I knew about them.

Personally I have known about these for a while, but there really hasn’t been much debate with citizens on whether they are worth it, and how they will be used. I also have no idea why they called them “Cyber Kiosk”, perhaps there’s a plan to serve you coffee while watch your phone being harvested:

The Cyber Kiosk plan is all part of Policing 2026, and a vision of the future of using data within investigations, where your phone could reveal most of your world [here]:

Personally I can see both sides of the argument here, but there has been virtually no debate on the topic. There are…