Homeless people used as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots (2012)

18 pointsposted 9 hours ago
by KomoD

3 Comments

thisislife2

5 hours ago

Seems like an manufactured controversy - homeless people were given a temporary job and earned money. What's the difference in paying them to show a shop / company sign on the streets to asking them to roam around in a conference with a hotspot device?

phanimahesh

2 hours ago

20 a day is not a job worthy wage as I understand it.

The T shirts were also dehumanising. It wouldn't have taken much effort to go from "I'm Clarence a mobile Hotspot" to "I'm Clarence and I'm carrying a mobile Hotspot."