With the current ongoing technological development taking place at a fast pace, the concept of Smart

cities is inevitable. Smart cities are very essential in the modern world. They can ways in ease
communication, commute, traffic etc. Smart cities can bring many important benefits in the human life.
Although, they come with Some consequences, the benefits mostly outweigh the drawbacks. One of the
most important and significant benefit of Smart cities would be the ease of commute. Smart cities are
characterized as being compact. Everything is easily accessible good. The transport system and the
mode of transport is fast and equitable to the general public, and everyone has easy access to it. This
can lead to less havoc on the roads and no traffic jams and can contribute towards general happiness
level of the public. Another benefit of smart cities would be less crimes and more general security level
of the city. With cameras for surveillance around the city, with the correct facial recognition sensors, the
police can make a criminal database of criminals. and arrest wanted personalities. and prevent crimes in
the city. This can result in a peaceful environment in the city with the dwellers living tension-free.

However, if these methods of surveillance are exploited by the companies who installed these cameras
and sensors for the government, or even the government itself, to track public movement for their
personal to gains, as Ben Green (2019) expressed that the tech giants often ignore the consequences
and are too eager to promote their technologies and these actions results in unfavorable social
consequences. The tracking of public movement