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The short version: A comedy bit about Batman vs. Flock cameras accidentally nails the real joke: mass surveillance infrastructure doesn't care who's watching, hero or not.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Let Steve Cook's gag about Bruce Wayne discovering Flock Safety cameras "blocking his hidden surveillance network" is funny because it's got a kernel of truth buried in the punchline. Even a billionaire vigilante with his own private spy grid gets tripped up by a corporate ALPR network he doesn't control. That's the joke, but it's also basically the pitch Flock makes to police departments every day — blanket a city in cameras and nobody moves without being logged.
The bit works as satire because it exposes something real: these systems aren't selective about who they surveil. They don't distinguish between a criminal, a cop, a journalist, or a guy in a bat costume. Every plate that rolls past gets scooped up, timestamped, and stored, no warrant required. Gotham's fictional, but the camera count in your actual town probably isn't a joke — and most people have no idea how many are already up.
Comedy is a decent entry point for a conversation that's usually pretty dry. If this clip got you wondering what's actually watching your street, check our map to see what's nearby, and head to take action if you want to push back for real.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Let Steve Cook, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.