Flock values their privacy. Oh well.
The short version: Musician-turned-investigator Benn Jordan flips the script on Flock Safety, probing the privacy of a company that built its business on erasing everyone else's.
Our Take
Benn Jordan's video hits on an irony we point out constantly: Flock Safety wants blanket access to every plate that rolls past its cameras, but bristles when the lens turns around. That double standard is the whole game with corporate surveillance — your movements are a data product, but the people running the cameras expect to operate in the dark.
We can't verify every specific claim in the video since we're reacting to the description and title alone, but the premise tracks with what we've documented for months: Flock's ALPR network keeps expanding into neighborhoods and small towns with little public debate, while the company controls the narrative about how that data gets used, shared, and retained. When a private citizen applies even a fraction of that same scrutiny back onto Flock, suddenly "ethical gray areas" become a problem.
Credit to Benn Jordan for pushing on that tension instead of letting it slide. If you want to see how close this surveillance web has crept to your own street, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Benn Jordan, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.