WHO’S TRACKING YOUR CAR?
The short version: John C. Morley's video asks a simple but urgent question: why are cameras logging every car's movement, and who gets to see that data?
Our Take
John C. Morley's video poses the question a lot of drivers never stop to ask: every time you pass through an intersection, is a camera quietly logging your plate, your location, and the timestamp — building a permanent record of your daily life? That's exactly what Flock Safety's network of ALPR cameras does, and it's spreading into neighborhoods and small towns with little public debate. Morley's framing cuts through the marketing language to the core civil liberties issue: this isn't about catching one bad guy, it's about creating a searchable history of everyone's movements, just in case.
What makes this kind of commentary valuable is that it's coming from outside the usual activist or journalist circles — a reminder that concern over mass license plate tracking isn't a niche issue, it's a common-sense one. Once a camera can tell police, insurers, or anyone with database access where your car was at 7:42 a.m. on a Tuesday, the question stops being hypothetical. It becomes about who holds that power, how long they keep it, and what happens when the system gets hacked, abused, or quietly expanded.
We appreciate Morley putting this in front of his audience, because the more people who ask 'who's tracking my car,' the harder it is for these networks to grow unchecked. If you want to see how close this surveillance is to your own front door, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has concrete steps for your city council meeting.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of John C. Morley Serial Entrepreneur, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.