Dealing with flocks of birds. #safety #flock #flocksafety #slingshot #slingshotrifle
The short version: A slingshot video about scaring off birds hijacks Flock-related hashtags, reminding us how much noise surrounds the real surveillance debate.
Our Take
Let's call this one what it is: Wasted Sanity Studios made a video about plinking birds with a slingshot, and tagged it #flock #flocksafety to catch some algorithmic drift off a much bigger conversation. Credit where it's due — it's a harmless bit of backyard content, and the irony of 'dealing with flocks' landing in our research queue isn't lost on us.
But it's a good reminder of how much noise exists around the term 'Flock' online, and how easy it is for the actual issue — a private company's license plate readers quietly logging where you drive, for police departments across the country — to get buried under puns, hashtags, and SEO bait. The real Flock Safety isn't dealing with birds; it's dealing with your daily movements, stored and searchable, often without a warrant.
If you want to cut through the noise, check our camera map to see what's actually watching your street, and visit take action if you want to push back on it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Wasted Sanity Studios, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.