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Lamppost-as-a-Platform Sensor Trial

Revision 2026-08-14-evidence-baseline · effective 2026-08-02

Superseded. A later revision exists: 2026-08-20-source-dates-b2 →

unreviewed

Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 3 claims and 7 source dossiers.

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Change set

  • add /evidencePassport — Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers.
  • add /revisionHistory — Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision.
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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-fbc32238bd6a41e2 quantitative
In a 7 November 2023 parliamentary reply the government said large-scale rollout across Singapore's ~110,000 lampposts was not practical and would not proceed
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The parliamentary reply is the primary record of the decision: a citywide rollout across roughly 110,000 lampposts was judged impractical and will not proceed.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MDDI — PQ reply by Minister Josephine Teo, 'Update on Lamppost as a Platform Project' (7 Nov 2023)
Claim 2 clm-c0a5379595ff5ca8 descriptive
An early tender mention of cameras capable of backend facial recognition drew privacy concern; GovTech said the aim was aggregate crowd analytics with data-protection safeguards
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
SCMP/AFP reported the tender language on cameras capable of facial recognition and the resulting concern, alongside GovTech's statement that the purpose was aggregate crowd analytics with safeguards. The entry carries both sides rather than the headline alone.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. South China Morning Post / AFP — 'Singapore to test facial recognition on lamp posts' (Apr 2018)
Claim 3 clm-1ea0dab5dff695ae descriptive
sensors had become cheap and portable enough that mounting them permanently on every pole no longer beat deploying them where and when needed
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The reasoning the entry draws from the decision: independent reporting on Singapore's smart-city programme plus the government's own practicality finding. It is an interpretation of the record, labelled as the entry's lesson rather than as a source statement.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rest of World — Singapore's tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare (2021)
  2. MDDI — PQ reply by Minister Josephine Teo, 'Update on Lamppost as a Platform Project' (7 Nov 2023)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-08-14-evidence-baseline effective 2026-08-02 · created 2026-08-14

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
GovTech
Actor types
national-government
Funding model
public
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7 source dossiers

MDDI — PQ reply by Minister Josephine Teo, 'Update on Lamppost as a Platform Project' (7 Nov 2023) mddi.gov.sg · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-305d58217b9312ac
Publisher
Name not classified · mddi.gov.sg
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-11-07
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Authoritative: trials from late 2017 in Geylang/One-North/Punggol; rollout not practical; positive outcomes were platforms/governance

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
GovTech / SNSP blog — 'Smart lampposts to light the way to a Smart Nation' (Nov 2020) medium.com · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-857f806bb43c4e00
Publisher
Name not classified · medium.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator: 50+ lampposts in one-north/Geylang; video/environmental/geolocation sensors; no facial ID in deployed sensors

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
South China Morning Post / AFP — 'Singapore to test facial recognition on lamp posts' (Apr 2018) scmp.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-939890261b806398
Publisher
Name not classified · scmp.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
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Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
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Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

2018 privacy debate over facial-recognition-capable cameras; ~110,000-lamppost potential scale

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
GovTech — Annex D Factsheet, Smart Nation Sensor Platform isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-034f1b7ba086d0db
Publisher
Name not classified · isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg
Type / language
pdf · language not classified
Published
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Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
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No local capture recorded
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Official SNSP/LaaP use cases and trial framing

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
MDDI — PQ reply, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean (15 Feb 2022) mddi.gov.sg · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-114884cf2fe021ba
Publisher
Name not classified · mddi.gov.sg
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-02-15
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

official: trial sites/timeline, data governance under the Public Sector (Governance) Act

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
OpenGov Asia — Tender awarded for Singapore's smart lamp-post opengovasia.com · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-2012a01f1567f3fe
Publisher
Name not classified · opengovasia.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
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Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

trade press: Tranche 1 scale (~50 lampposts, Geylang/one-north)

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
Rest of World — Singapore's tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare (2021) restofworld.org · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-1b87946850e3a05e
Publisher
Name not classified · restofworld.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-14
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

established press: clarifies the 2021 police-data-access controversy involved TraceTogether, a separate Smart Nation program, not the lamppost sensor platform

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.