He 'Hacked' Flock Cameras. What He Found Is Terrifying (Benn Jordan)
The short version: A researcher's dig into Flock's camera network reportedly exposes how exposed and insecure this surveillance infrastructure really is.
Our Take
Benn Jordan's investigation is exactly the kind of outside scrutiny Flock Safety and local police departments would rather not get. When a lone researcher can poke around a system that's quietly photographing every car that passes a given intersection and find reasons to be alarmed, that should tell you something about how little real oversight these networks have. Flock markets itself as a trusted public safety partner, but 'trust us' isn't a security model, and it's definitely not a privacy policy.
What makes this kind of video valuable isn't just the technical findings — it's the reminder that ALPR networks are being built faster than the laws, audits, or public debate needed to govern them. Most residents have no idea how many cameras are nearby, who can query that data, or how long it's retained. That opacity is the whole problem: a nationwide surveillance grid assembled one city council vote at a time, with almost no independent verification that it's being run responsibly.
We'd rather you see this for yourself than take anyone's word for it, including ours. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your routes, and if you want to push back locally, our take-action guide has concrete steps for raising this at your next city council meeting. Credit to Benn Jordan and the IRONCLAD channel for doing the digging most of us never see.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of IRONCLAD, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.