The Flock-Epstein connection

Our Take

Dean Abrams for Governor is out with a video tying Flock Safety's camera network to the Epstein scandal. We can't verify the specific claims about who's connected to whom in that video, and we're not in the business of repeating unproven links just because they make for a punchy headline. What we can verify is simpler and honestly more alarming on its own: a private company most people have never heard of has quietly wired thousands of intersections and neighborhoods across the country with license plate readers, and almost nobody gets a vote on whether that happens.

That's the part of this story that doesn't need a conspiracy to be disturbing. Flock's cameras log every passing car, build a searchable history of where you've been, and hand that data to police departments, HOAs, and increasingly to federal agencies, often with little public debate and even less oversight. When any single company or network accumulates that kind of location data on millions of Americans, the question isn't just "who's watching" — it's "who's accountable when it's abused, hacked, or shared with people it shouldn't be." That's a bipartisan problem, and it's why we track this stuff regardless of who's raising the alarm or why.

Credit to Dean Abrams for Governor for putting Flock's name in front of voters who've likely never heard it before, even if we're staying agnostic on the Epstein framing. If you want to see just how much of this infrastructure has already gone up in your own backyard, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on it locally, our take-action resources are a good place to start.