Man shows how Flock camera tracks him. #FlockCameras #Surveillance #Technology #Privacy #News
The short version: Kacee Allen's short video shows one driver tracing how a Flock camera clocks his car, putting a human face on everyday ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to Kacee Allen for doing what Flock Safety and most local governments won't: showing in plain terms what it looks like when a camera reads your plate and files it away. These demonstrations matter because the companies selling this technology prefer to talk about abstractions — 'public safety outcomes' — rather than the concrete fact that a camera just logged your car, your location, and your time of travel, whether or not you've ever been suspected of anything.
One driver filming one camera is a small moment, but it's the same pattern happening thousands of times a day across the country, stitched together into a nationwide travel log that police and, increasingly, private vendors can query. There's no warrant requirement for most of this, no meaningful oversight in most towns, and often no public notice that a camera even went up on your street.
If this clip makes you wonder what's watching you on your own commute, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and visit take action for ways to push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Kacee Allen, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.