Let’s talk about Flock’s new AI surveillance tool! #flock #leftist #surveillance #dystopian
The short version: A creator flags Flock's latest AI add-on as another leap toward automated, always-on policing — we think the real story is how quietly these upgrades roll out.
Our Take
Credit to Donutmorris for putting a spotlight on Flock's newest AI feature, even in a short-form clip. That's the pattern with this company: capabilities expand steadily — object recognition, 'suspicious' pattern flags, cross-jurisdiction data sharing — while the public conversation mostly happens after the fact, once the cameras are already bolted to poles.
What makes Flock different from older ALPR systems is exactly what videos like this are trying to warn people about: it's not just reading plates anymore, it's building behavioral profiles and feeding them into networks that span thousands of police departments and private HOAs. An 'AI tool' framed as convenience or efficiency is still, functionally, a new layer of automated suspicion applied to everyone who drives past, regardless of whether they've done anything wrong.
We'd rather people ask 'where are these cameras near me' before asking 'what does the new feature do.' Check our camera map to see what's already deployed in your area, and if you want to push back locally, our take-action resources walk you through raising it with your city council or sheriff's office.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Donutmorris, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.