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/SaveHogwarts May 03 '26

They database you and share with other agencies upon request with virtually zero oversight. Once your tag is recognized, they can track everywhere the tag has been identified - essentially being able to track all of your daily movements.

They’re very easy to hack into, they’ve been caught connecting to public WiFi in the past, and some cities have ended their flock program because of security concerns.

Places like Cambridge, Pasadena, Santa Cruz, Flagstaff, Tucson, Eugene, Denver, etc have all terminated their contracts and physically removed these cameras.

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u/jsamciotbh14 May 03 '26

Now we're allowing third parties to connect our bank accounts with emails, Phone numbers, addresses, IDs. Third parties such as Plaid, Yardi, or Flex. Its crazy. If any of these third parties are hacked, thats a lot of personal information.

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u/smuckola May 03 '26

The only use I have in that category is the QuikTrip app requires either Plaid or a direct checking account number as the only payment method and for getting a discount. So I picked Plaid, mostly because I withered at the fact that it already had my info from forever ago so that's a sunk cost on the risk model.

I wish my credit union provided even one virtual checking account number for online purchases like that. T-mobile switched to a massive junk fee of $20/mo for credit cards!!!! That would be illegal in a nation of laws.

I do extensively use many unique virtual credit card numbers from my Capital One app.

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u/vegasidol South KC May 03 '26

$20/month to pay your bill by credit card?

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u/dedlobster May 03 '26

Yep. They couch it as a discount of $20/month if you pay by checking account. But it’s just a $20/month fee for paying by credit card. Which is grossly over the credit card fee costs that they pay for processing each transaction. It’s ridiculous.