Flock CEO calls DeFlock terrorist org
The short version: Flock's CEO reportedly branded DeFlock-style mapping efforts as extremist while his own cameras go up without permits — a telling deflection, per creator Azfar Rizvi.
Our Take
When the head of a surveillance company starts calling citizen mapping projects "terrorist" adjacent, that's not a legal argument — it's a PR move to scare off scrutiny. Credit to Azfar Rizvi for surfacing this clip, because it says the quiet part out loud: Flock would rather smear the people tracking camera locations than answer basic questions about where those cameras are installed and under what authority.
The irony practically writes itself. Communities across the country have found ALPR units bolted up on poles with no permit, no public hearing, and no clear chain of accountability. Calling that "following the law" while branding transparency advocates as dangerous is a tell — it means the company knows how little goodwill it has when the facts are laid out plainly.
This is exactly why open, crowd-sourced documentation matters more than ever. If you want to see what's actually been deployed near you, check the map, and if you want to push back on unpermitted installs in your own town, our take-action guide walks you through it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Azfar Rizvi, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.