CEO de empresa de vigilância queixa-se de ter a sua privacidade exposta na Internet | Minuto Milénio
The short version: Flock Safety's CEO reportedly bristled when his own photo spread online — the same exposure his cameras inflict on millions daily.
Our Take
Portuguese outlet Minuto Milénio (Milénio Stadium) flagged a telling bit of irony: Garrett Langley, the man running Flock Safety's nationwide network of license plate cameras, apparently didn't love it when a photo of him started circulating online without his say-so. Credit to the creator for surfacing a story that barely made a ripple in U.S. coverage.
We don't know every detail of what happened, and we're not going to pretend we do. But the broader point writes itself: the CEO of a company that logs the comings and goings of ordinary drivers — with no warrant, no notice, and often no real oversight — gets a small taste of being seen without consent, and suddenly privacy matters. That's not hypocrisy as a gotcha, it's a reminder of the asymmetry at the heart of ALPR surveillance. Flock's cameras don't ask permission either.
If a single photo circulating without consent feels uncomfortable, imagine that discomfort scaled to every trip to the pharmacy, the protest, the clinic, or the ex's house — logged, stored, and searchable by police departments and private contractors across the country. That's the reality Flock has built. Check our camera map to see how close that network is to your own driveway, and visit our take-action page if you want to push back.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Milénio Stadium, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.