WHO’S TRACKING YOUR CAR?
The short version: JMOR Connection asks a simple question — should a camera log every car that passes? — and that question is the whole ballgame.
Our Take
The JMOR Connection's "Who's Tracking Your Car?" boils the Flock Safety debate down to the question that matters most: do you consent to a permanent, searchable record of your movements just because you drove down Main Street? Most people never get asked. A camera bolted to a pole or a utility box just starts logging plates, timestamps, and GPS coordinates, and that data doesn't expire when your errand is over.
What makes this framing useful is that it sidesteps the usual "nothing to hide" deflection. This isn't about any single trip — it's about the pattern that emerges when thousands of trips get stitched together into a timeline of your life. Churches, clinics, protests, divorce lawyers' offices, AA meetings: all of it becomes queryable by anyone with access to the system, whether that's a local detective, a federal agency, or, as we've documented repeatedly, someone who shouldn't have had access at all.
Credit to JMOR Connection for putting the question in plain terms instead of burying it in jargon. If you want to see whether this is already happening on your own streets, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has concrete steps for getting these systems in front of your city council.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The JMOR Connection, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.