June 8, 2026

Our Take

JoeyFLASHBACK's video "Are Flock Cameras Tracking Where We Go?" raises the question a lot of regular people are starting to ask out loud: when a network of automated license plate readers quietly logs every car that passes, who's watching the watchers? We give credit for putting that question in front of a general audience, even in a short, narrated format — that's how awareness spreads beyond the policy wonks and into everyday conversation.

Here's the thing worth sitting with: Flock Safety cameras aren't just sitting on one corner. They're networked, and that network is what turns a single photo into a travel history — your trips to the pharmacy, the church, the protest, the ex's house. That's the actual surveillance risk, not any one camera, but the aggregation. Most residents have no idea how many of these devices are already running in their own town.

If this video got you wondering what's near you, don't guess — check our camera map to see documented ALPR locations, and if you want to push back on a local deployment, our take-action page walks you through how to raise it with your city council.