Are Flock Cameras TRACKING You?

Our Take

Credit to the Mythfits Podcast and guest Caitlin, a.k.a. Cybersecurity Girl, for putting Flock Safety cameras in the same conversation as fake Wi-Fi hotspots, phishing links, and spoofed bank calls. That's actually the right instinct: ALPR networks aren't some isolated 'public safety tool,' they're part of the same data-hungry ecosystem that scammers and surveillance companies both exploit. When a podcast built around consumer cybersecurity starts asking 'are these cameras tracking you?' it signals that everyday people are starting to connect the dots between personal privacy hygiene and the automated surveillance infrastructure parked on their own streets.

Where we'd push the conversation further is specificity. Flock isn't a hypothetical threat like a skimmer at a gas pump — it's a documented, growing network of plate-reading cameras feeding a searchable, cross-jurisdictional database that police departments, HOAs, and sometimes private companies can query, often with little public oversight or audit trail. That distinction matters because the fix isn't 'use a VPN' or 'don't click the link,' it's knowing whether your city council voted on this contract, whether there's a retention policy, and whether your own street has a camera on it right now.

If this video got you thinking about what's actually watching you drive to work, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and visit take action for concrete steps to push back at the local level.