Cybercrime News For Aug. 20, 2026. Citizens Against Flock Turn to DeFlock App. WCYB Digital Radio.
The short version: Cybercrime Radio's WCYB segment flags a trend we're living every day: fed-up residents are turning to the DeFlock map to track Flock Safety cameras in their own neighborhoods.
Our Take
Cybercrime Magazine's daily news brief, delivered on WCYB Digital Radio, is a trade-press outlet for security professionals — not a privacy advocacy show. So it's notable when even that crowd clocks a grassroots pattern: ordinary people frustrated by unaccountable license plate reader networks are reaching for crowdsourced tools to document what's watching them. That's exactly the gap we built our project to fill.
We can't vouch for every detail in a 60-second cybercrime roundup, and the segment doesn't appear to go deep. But the headline signal is real and matches what we hear from readers constantly: people want to know where these cameras are before they find out the hard way, through a data breach, a wrongful stop, or a government records request that reveals just how much of their movement has been logged without a warrant.
If this story put DeFlock on your radar, don't stop at the headline. Check our map to see what's logged near you, and if your town is still a blank spot, that's worth fixing. Then head to our take-action page for concrete steps — public records requests, city council talking points, and ways to push back before another intersection gets wired up.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Cybercrime Radio, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.