NAOMI BROCKWELL | PRIVACY IN AN AI WORLD
The short version: Naomi Brockwell tells Jen's Two Cents that ALPRs and AI tracking form a surveillance state nobody voted for, and opting out isn't enough.
Our Take
Naomi Brockwell's conversation with Jen's Two Cents cuts through the usual "just get a dumbphone" advice and lands on the point we hammer on constantly: license plate readers don't care if you carry a smartphone. Drive a flip phone, leave your phone at home, whatever — Flock's cameras still log your plate, your route, and your timestamp. Brockwell's framing that surveillance infrastructure expands quietly, without public debate or a vote, describes exactly how thousands of these cameras ended up bolted to poles in American neighborhoods with zero community hearings.
What makes her take useful is the refusal to treat this as a tech-vs-no-tech argument. The cameras aren't the villain — the business model and the lack of oversight are. That's the same reason we built the map: so people can actually see how dense this network has gotten in their own town before deciding it's fine.
Credit to Naomi Brockwell and the Jen's Two Cents team for putting this plainly to a general audience instead of burying it in jargon. If her "push back and engage policymakers" call resonates, don't let it stop at nodding along — our take-action page has concrete steps for pressuring your local council before the next camera contract gets rubber-stamped.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jen's Two Cents. | Jen & Friends Podcast, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.