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The short version: A quick demo from creator Let Me Try That shows how the DeFlock app lets everyday people spot and log Flock Safety cameras in their neighborhood.
Our Take
Credit to Let Me Try That for putting a spotlight on DeFlock, the crowdsourced tool that lets regular people document where automated license plate readers are popping up. Short clips like this matter more than they might seem — most residents have no idea their daily commute is being logged by a Flock Safety camera until someone shows them what to look for.
That's the real value of apps and projects like this: they turn surveillance infrastructure that's designed to be invisible into something visible and mappable. Once you know what a Flock pole looks like, you start seeing them everywhere — at the entrance to your subdivision, outside the grocery store, on the road to your kid's school. Transparency is the first step toward accountability, and right now these systems expand with almost none of it.
If this video got you curious about what's already watching your own streets, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and visit our take-action page if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR deployment in your city or county.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Let Me Try That, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.