Hide & Seek Flock Edition #customfirmware #infrared #privacy @FlockSafety We can measure LTE too.
The short version: COMSEC's infrared-and-LTE teardown of Flock cameras is a reminder that these devices are measurable, hackable targets, not untouchable infrastructure.
Our Take
COMSEC's "Hide & Seek" clip is the kind of hands-on poking around that the surveillance industry would rather you didn't do. By pointing infrared gear and LTE measurement tools at Flock Safety hardware, the creator is treating these cameras for what they actually are: commercial electronics bolted to a pole, with real emissions, real frequencies, and real weaknesses, not some infallible all-seeing eye. That framing matters because Flock and similar vendors sell the public a story of inevitability, as if blanket plate-reading surveillance is just the natural order of modern streets.
Technical deep-dives like this one chip away at that mystique. When independent researchers can detect, characterize, and in theory evade these systems using custom firmware and off-the-shelf measurement tools, it reframes the conversation from "how do we live with this" to "why is this allowed to exist unregulated in the first place." Credit to COMSEC for doing the unglamorous work of actually testing claims about range, detection, and connectivity instead of taking vendor marketing at face value.
If you want to know whether gear like this is already watching your block, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back through your city council or local policy, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of COMSEC, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.