Is Flock Tracking You? Here’s How to Find Out
The short version: Classy Computing shows how public-records requests—not sketchy third-party plate lookups—are the safest way to see if Flock has logged your car.
Our Take
Classy Computing raises a point we hammer on constantly: just because a tool exists to check your plate against leaked or scraped Flock audit logs doesn't mean you should hand your plate number to some random website to find out. The better move, as this video lays out, is going straight to the source — filing a public-records request with the police department or agency running the cameras in your area and making them show you the actual query logs tied to your plate.
This matters because the entire Flock business model depends on opacity. Departments sign contracts, cameras go up, and most residents never see how often their movements are being queried, by whom, or for what stated reason. A records request forces accountability onto the agency itself instead of trusting a third-party intermediary you know nothing about. It's slower than a plug-and-play lookup tool, but it's the difference between verifying surveillance and volunteering more of your data into the ecosystem.
If you want to see where these cameras are actually deployed before you even get to the paperwork stage, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a local deployment, our take-action page has the records-request templates and next steps to get you started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Classy Computing, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.