Flock Cameras now track you via Bluetooth?! #ninjasarebutterflies #flock #camera #security
The short version: A creator flags Flock's move into Bluetooth/Wi-Fi device detection, showing ALPR networks are expanding past license plates to track phones and people directly.
Our Take
Credit to Ninjas Are Butterflies for putting a spotlight on something we've been watching closely: Flock isn't just cameras anymore. The company has been rolling out sensors that sniff for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals alongside license plates, which means the system can potentially log the presence of phones, laptops, and other devices — not just cars — as they pass by. That's a meaningful escalation, and it deserves more public attention than it's getting.
The whole pitch for ALPR networks was always "we're just reading plates in public." Bluetooth and device-detection capability blows past that framing. Pedestrians, cyclists, and passengers who never drove past a camera can still get swept into a location record tied to their device. Stack that onto Flock's existing habit of sharing data across thousands of agencies with little independent oversight, and you've got a surveillance dragnet that's quietly outgrown the plate-reading justification it was sold on.
Videos like this one matter because most of this rollout happens with zero public debate — no city council vote, no press release explaining the new capability, just an update pushed to hardware that's already bolted to a pole near your house. If you want to see what's already been installed in your area, check our camera map, and if you think your community deserves a say before this tech expands further, our take-action resources are a good place to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Ninjas Are Butterflies, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.