Have Flock cameras tracked you? How to find out. Plus, the source of cyclospora, and a kitten rescue
The short version: A local CNY Central news segment walks viewers through checking whether Flock Safety cameras have logged their license plate, a small but important transparency win.
Our Take
Credit to CNY Central for doing something most local newsrooms still skip: telling viewers, in plain terms, that Flock Safety cameras are likely photographing their plates and that there's a way to find out. Mixed into a morning rundown with cyclospora and a kitten rescue, it's an easy segment to scroll past — but the fact that it's being treated as routine local news tells you how normalized this surveillance infrastructure has become in American towns.
The bigger issue the segment only brushes against is scale. Finding out if "Flock has tracked you" isn't a one-time curiosity — these cameras log plates continuously, building a movement history on ordinary people who've never been suspected of anything. Local police departments often adopt the systems with little public debate, and most residents have no idea how many cameras ring their neighborhood or who can query that data.
If this segment makes you want to check your own area, start with our camera map to see what's already been documented near you, and visit take action for ways to push back at the city council level before the network grows any larger.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of CNY Central, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.