Parallel US Government being built in secret
The short version: A video on a 'parallel government' built via tech-government partnerships echoes what we track daily: private ALPR networks like Flock quietly fusing with policing power.
Our Take
This video, from the channel Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, argues that a kind of shadow infrastructure is being assembled outside normal democratic oversight — private tech capability fused with government function. We can't verify every claim the creator makes, and some of this territory veers into broad, speculative framing. But the core instinct — that infrastructure built by private companies can end up functioning as a de facto arm of government with none of the accountability — is exactly the dynamic we document every day with Flock Safety.
Flock didn't need an act of Congress to build a nationwide plate-reading network. It signed contracts, town by town, county by county, and quietly stitched together a surveillance system that police departments now treat as essential infrastructure — one increasingly shared across jurisdictions, sometimes without the warrants or local votes you'd expect for something this powerful. That's the 'parallel' structure worth worrying about: not a secret cabal, but a very public company moving faster than the laws meant to constrain it.
Whatever you make of the video's wider thesis, the lesson for ALPR watchers is the same: don't wait for permission to look closely. Check our camera map to see what's already been installed near you, and if you want to push back, our take-action guide has concrete steps for your next city council meeting.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.