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Flock Camera Protection Which Makes Your Number Plate Highly Reflective ~ Anti Flock Camera Spray

Mirror Mike 5 What's This Find? · 1 month ago

The short version: A reposted video touts reflective spray to blind Flock cameras, but DIY plate tricks are legally risky and no substitute for organizing against ALPR networks.

Our Take

This clip, mirrored by Mirror Mike 5 from an original source credited in the comments, pitches a spray meant to make plates too reflective for automated license plate readers to parse. We can't verify the product's actual performance against Flock Safety's camera systems, and we're not in the business of vouching for gadgets we haven't tested ourselves — so take the demonstration with a grain of salt.

There's also a legal wrinkle worth flagging: most states require plates to remain clearly legible, and altering reflectivity to defeat a camera can just as easily defeat a human officer's eyesight, opening the door to an equipment violation even if the ALPR evasion "works." A product that invites a traffic stop isn't much of a privacy win.

The real leverage isn't a spray can, it's visibility and organizing. Check our camera map to see where Flock has deployed readers near you, and use our take-action resources to push your city council for transparency and retention limits instead of betting your privacy on a bottle of coating.

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Mirror Mike 5 What's This Find?, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.