Editing Wi-Fi hotspot (section)

== Unintended consequences ==
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New York City introduced a Wi-Fi hotspot kiosk called [[LinkNYC]] with the intentions of providing modern technology for the masses as a replacement to a payphone.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=McGeehan|first=Patrick|date=2016-09-14|title=Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Were to Aid New Yorkers. An Unsavory Side Has Spurred a Retreat. (Published 2016)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/nyregion/internet-browsers-to-be-disabled-on-new-yorks-free-wi-fi-kiosks.html|access-date=2020-12-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Businesses complained they were a homeless magnet and CBS news observed transients with wires connected to the kiosk lingering for an extended period.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-10|title=New Yorkers Express Concern About Homeless At LinkNYC Kiosks|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/10/10/linknyc-charging-wi-fi-kiosk-homeless-manhattan/|access-date=2020-12-24|language=en-US}}</ref>  It was shut down following complaints about transient activity around the station and encampments forming around it.<ref name=":1" /> [[homeless|Transients]]/[[panhandler]]s were the most frequent users of the kiosk since its installation in early 2016 spurring complaints about public viewing of pornography and masturbation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=York|first=Associated Press in New|date=2016-09-14|title=New York's Wi-Fi kiosks disabled after complaints of people watching porn|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/new-york-sidewalk-wifi-homeless-people-porn|access-date=2020-12-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>