Josh Hawley WARNS: Is Flock Tracking You?

Our Take

When a sitting U.S. Senator starts asking out loud whether a camera network is tracking ordinary Americans, that's a sign the conversation has moved past fringe privacy circles and into the mainstream. Credit to Unfiltered Senate for putting Sen. Hawley's concerns on the record — whatever you think of his politics, the underlying question is one we've been hammering on for a long time: who gets to watch your car move through your own town, and who's accountable when that data is misused, breached, or shared without your knowledge?

Flock Safety has built one of the largest privately-run license plate reader networks in the country, often with little public debate before cameras go up on a pole near your house. That a lawmaker is now raising red flags about AI-driven tracking at scale validates what residents in hundreds of towns have already been telling their city councils: nobody asked for this, and the oversight isn't there. Surveillance infrastructure shouldn't expand faster than the public's ability to say no to it.

If you want to see how close this technology already is to your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action resources will help you take it to your local government before the next camera goes up.