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The short version: A quick, meme-flavored clip from JustDewIt pokes fun at privacy-tool posturing while name-dropping Flock Safety, reminding us that real ALPR resistance takes more than aesthetics.
Our Take
JustDewIt's clip reads more like a wink than a deep dive — Linux, iPhone, "larp," and Flock Safety all thrown into one hashtag soup. There's no transcript or detailed claim to fact-check here, but the joke lands because it's true: a lot of online privacy culture is cosplay. Running Linux or using a VPN doesn't mean much if your city has quietly wired every intersection with a camera that logs your plate, your direction of travel, and your patterns of life.
That's the gap we care about. Flock Safety's ALPR network isn't some abstract threat you can outrun with software tweaks — it's physical infrastructure sitting on telephone poles and curbsides, feeding a searchable database that police departments and private subscribers can query nationwide. No browser extension fixes that. The actual privacy move is knowing where these cameras are and pushing back on the agencies deploying them.
Credit to JustDewIt for the laugh, but don't let the joke be the whole takeaway. Check our camera map to see what's actually watching your street, and head to take action if you want to do something about it beyond the meme.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of JustDewIt, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.