[walterbell]

Surveillance incompetence is a feature, not a bug, in a neutral network provider.

Edit: the onus is on the city to negotiate better terms with the network provider. The city would have a better negotiating position if there were multiple vendors (including telcos) competing for the network/data business. Once better terms are in the contract, security researchers can help ensure compliance.

[blfr]

No, it isn't. That just means they will spill your data to some random 17yr old who figures out how to increment a parameter in the URL or something.