Flock investors don't like to be watched
The short version: A Digital ID/Mass Surveillance channel video spotlights the irony of Flock Safety's financial backers resisting scrutiny while their product puts entire communities under constant watch.
Our Take
There's a delicious irony baked into the title of this one from the Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency channel: the people who profit from blanketing American streets with license plate cameras apparently get squeamish when the cameras point back at them. We haven't verified every claim in the video, but the broader point tracks with what we've seen reporting on Flock Safety — a company that insists its surveillance network is for public safety, yet treats its own investor relationships, funding sources, and internal decision-making like state secrets.
That asymmetry is the whole ballgame. Flock wants your plate, your travel patterns, your daily routine logged indefinitely and shared across thousands of police departments, but good luck getting a straight answer about who's bankrolling the expansion or what oversight actually looks like. Independent creators digging into the money behind mass surveillance are doing work that local reporters and city councils often skip, so credit to this channel for adding another thread to the record.
If you want to see how close this surveillance apparatus has crept to your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a local Flock contract, our take-action page has the tools to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.