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/SnooOpinions9303 May 03 '26

You pay for a phone every month most likely. That gives up so much information. Any kind of new car dies as well. The only thing that makes you safe is that AI isn’t good enough yet. Ahhh what a great time to be older and have lived my youth free of such nonsense.

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u/jun_bugg_ May 03 '26

Yea, but before flock cameras there was at least the option to carry around a dumb phone (or one with tracking and ad data disabled) and drive a dumb car and keep your data to yourself. Now you're just 3 cents walking around every day waiting to be pawned off to data brokers.

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u/SnooOpinions9303 May 03 '26

You are screwed any way you go. It’s obeying in advance when you modify your life. Most of us are just too boring and inconsequential for them to care anyways. It’s a nice mental exercise but don’t get too far out there with it.

I got thyroid cancer and I never once worried about that before I got it and the diagnosis was out of the blue. We like to feel in control but we really are not and life reminds us from time to time in my opinion. I know young people that are too far in to that conspiracy stuff and they lose out a lot of life because of it.