Deflock We didn't consent to mass surveillance.

Our Take

Credit to Upwardwatko for putting the DeFlock message to music — sometimes a blunt hook lands harder than another explainer thread. The title says it plainly: nobody consented to this. That's the core of the argument against Flock Safety's ALPR network, which has quietly spread into thousands of towns without meaningful public votes, procurement debates, or opt-out mechanisms for residents who'd rather not have their daily movements logged and shared across a national database.

The Washington tag is worth noting. Local police departments across the state have adopted Flock cameras piecemeal, often through council votes that got little press coverage and even less scrutiny of the data-sharing agreements attached. Once a camera goes up, your plate gets read, timestamped, and stored — whether you're driving to work, a protest, a clinic, or a church. That data doesn't stay local; it can be queried by other agencies, including federal ones, with far less oversight than most residents assume.

Art and music won't stop a surveillance rollout by themselves, but they do something the spec sheets can't: they make people feel what's at stake before it's their plate in the database. If this track got your attention, turn that energy into action — check our camera map to see what's near you, and hit take action for ways to push back at the local level.