Epic Celebrity Encounter #deflock

Our Take

We don't have much to go on here beyond a title and a hashtag, but that's sort of the point. Creator Nette's clip, tagged #deflock, is a small sign of how the conversation around automated license plate readers has leaked out of activist forums and city council meetings and into the casual, meme-y corners of the internet. That's a good thing. Surveillance infrastructure thrives on being boring and invisible — the more it shows up in everyday content, even jokingly, the harder it is to ignore.

We won't pretend to know the specifics of this "encounter" since the description is empty, but we'll say this: every bit of public attention on Flock Safety cameras chips away at the assumption that these systems are just quiet background furniture nobody notices. They are noticed. People are talking about them, tagging them, and increasingly asking who's watching the watchers.

If this clip has you wondering what's actually scanning your plate on your own street, check our camera map to see what's nearby, and visit our take-action page if you want to do more than just notice — push back.