Flock Cameras
The short version: A song literally titled "Flock Cameras" shows how deep ALPR surveillance has seeped into everyday culture and anxiety.
Our Take
This one's a little different from our usual fare — it's a track called "Flock Cameras" by EJ Roze, surfaced here through YouTube's auto-generated "Topic" channel rather than a news outlet or activist creator. There's no commentary or investigation attached, just a song with that title. But the fact that Flock Safety's brand name is recognizable enough to become a song title at all says something about where we are: these cameras have become a fixture of daily life, folded into culture the same way speed traps and red-light cameras once were.
We don't know the lyrical content or intent behind the track, and we're not going to pretend we do. What we will say is that when ordinary people — artists included — start naming a private surveillance company's product in their work, it's a signal that the public is aware something has changed about how they're watched, even if they can't always articulate the legal or technical details. That awareness is exactly what we try to build on at DeFlock USA.
If a song about license plate readers has you wondering whether one is parked at the end of your street, check our camera map to see what's been documented in your area, and if you want to push back on the systems normalizing this kind of surveillance, our take-action page has concrete steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of EJ Roze - Topic, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.