Flock Safety Is a Privacy Nightmare and It’s Getting Worse | Snubs On Security 04
The short version: Shannon Morse's Snubs On Security breakdown of Flock Safety adds to a growing chorus of security-focused creators sounding the alarm on ALPR overreach.
Our Take
Shannon Morse covers privacy and security for a living, so when she flags Flock Safety as "getting worse," it's worth paying attention. Her channel usually deals in password managers and data brokers, so a dedicated segment on ALPR networks signals that this issue has crossed over from niche surveillance-watcher territory into the mainstream security-conscious audience. That crossover matters — the more people who understand that a camera reading their plate isn't just a traffic tool but a node in a searchable, retained database, the harder it gets for Flock to coast on "it's just for solving crimes" messaging.
The DeleteMe sponsorship in this video is almost fitting, even if unintentionally. People pay services to scrub their home addresses and phone numbers off data broker sites, yet a Flock camera on their commute logs their movements daily, feeds it to police departments and sometimes federal agencies, and sticks around in a database for weeks or longer. You can opt out of a broker's mailing list. You can't opt out of a public road.
We don't need to take Morse's word for it, or take Flock's word for it either — you can check what's actually deployed near you on our camera map and push back through our take-action resources if you find a network operating without public debate or oversight.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Shannon Morse, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.