Flock wants to record your conversations now too. Welcome to dystopia.
The short version: A Georgia State Senate candidate warns that Flock's push into audio capture would take ALPR surveillance from tracking cars to potentially capturing conversations.
Our Take
Credit to Alec Miller, running for Georgia State Senate District 31, for putting this on the record as a campaign issue rather than letting it slide as just another tech-industry press release. His video raises an alarm that should matter to anyone who's been tracking Flock Safety's expansion: a company that started by photographing license plates now reportedly has its sights set on audio. We can't independently verify every claim in the video, but the trajectory itself is the point — surveillance systems rarely shrink their scope once installed, they grow it.
This is the core problem with the ALPR arms race happening in cities and counties across the country with little public debate. Networks sold as narrow tools for solving car theft or finding Amber Alert vehicles have a documented habit of mission creep — more cameras, more data sharing, more capabilities bolted on after the contracts are signed and the political fight is already won. If audio capture is even on the table, that's a fundamental escalation from tracking where your car goes to potentially capturing what's said inside it or near it, with none of the warrant protections that should come with that kind of surveillance.
It's exactly why local fights over Flock contracts matter, and why candidates willing to say the quiet part out loud deserve attention. Check our camera map to see what's already deployed near you, and head to our take-action page if you want to push back before audio — or whatever's next — becomes the new normal.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Alec Miller for Georgia State Senate 31, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.