🚨 Flock Safety is changing its surveillance platform after growing backlash over police use of lice
The short version: The Sound Around Us reports Flock Safety is reworking its platform after backlash over police misuse of license plate readers — proof public pressure works.
Our Take
When a company built on quietly harvesting millions of plate scans a day starts announcing 'changes' to its platform, that's not innovation — that's damage control. Credit to The Sound Around Us for flagging this shift, because it confirms what we've been saying for a while: the backlash against Flock Safety isn't just noise from privacy nerds, it's loud enough now that the company has to respond publicly.
We'll believe real reform when we see it. Flock has a history of rolling out cosmetic tweaks — audit logs, 'community control' dashboards — while the core business model stays the same: blanket, warrantless tracking of every car that passes a camera, sold to police departments and increasingly to private clients too. A platform 'update' means nothing if the underlying network of cameras keeps growing unchecked and cops keep querying it without oversight.
This is exactly the moment to keep the pressure on. Check our camera map to see how far this network already reaches near you, and if you want to push back on installations or demand accountability from your local government, our take-action guide has the steps to do it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Sound Around Us, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.