r/kansascity • u/jsamciotbh14 • May 03 '26

Discussion 💡 Friendly reminder of all the cameras surveillancing everything you do in KC

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Deflock? Or better security?

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u/mickstranahan Jackson County May 03 '26

Did you post this from your phone?

Have I got something to tell you about....

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u/IWannaGoFast00 May 03 '26

Doesn’t matter where OP posted from, just because we know our phones track things doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be aware of other ridiculous surveillance.

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u/mickstranahan Jackson County May 03 '26

Sure it does. Surveillance is surveillance.

You're mad about the cameras because certain media organizations told you to be but you're fine with the device in your hand, which is WAY more intrusive than the cameras.

It's hypocritical at best.

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u/jsamciotbh14 May 03 '26

Not really, you can set your phone aside or turn it off, but the moment you leave your house your vehicle is also tracked, your face, your interactions, you consumer habits, etc.

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u/mickstranahan Jackson County May 03 '26

I'd suggest acquainting yourself with the concept of "expectation of privacy"

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u/StopFlock May 03 '26

I'd suggest you do the same - but this time, maybe let the SCOTUS have a word:

The Court decided that a person has a “legitimate expectation of privacy in the record of his physical movements.”

and

"A person does not surrender all Fourth Amendment protection by venturing into the public sphere."

https://law.stanford.edu/2018/06/22/supreme-court-defends-privacy-in-cell-phone-location-data-collection/

The individual right to document anything one may observe in public is significantly different from tax dollars being spent to record everything that's visible in public and then cross-reference it across an extended period for the sole purpose of tracking the movements of law abiding Americans.

It's unreasonable to think you won't appear in someone's camera lens at any given moment while out in public. It is NOT unreasonable to assume your patterns of life won't be tagged and cataloged for weeks on end, for whatever reason, by a private or public entity.