The dangers of Flock
The short version: Twonstock's rundown of Flock's breaches and employee misuse is another reminder that trust in this network is a liability, not a feature.
Our Take
Twonstock's video lays out a pattern we've been tracking for a while: Flock Safety isn't just a camera vendor, it's a nationwide data pipeline with a documented history of employees snooping where they shouldn't and security holes that undercut every promise made to the cities that bought in. When the people running the system can't be trusted to respect its boundaries, the "it's only for serious crimes" pitch falls apart fast.
This matters because once plate data flows into a shared network, control leaves local hands. A police department can pass a narrow local ordinance, but that does nothing to stop misuse by employees, data sharing agreements with federal agencies, or a breach that exposes months of everyone's movements at once. The infrastructure itself is the risk, regardless of who's sitting in the dashboard this week.
Credit to Twonstock for pulling these incidents together in one place. If you want to see how dense this coverage is in your own area, check our camera map, and if your city council hasn't had this conversation yet, our take-action page has what you need to start it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Twonstock, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.