Flock AI Cameras Exposed! 😱 #surveillance

Our Take

Credit to Verified Privacy VPN for digging into something we've been saying for a while: a surveillance network is only as trustworthy as its weakest login page. If their reporting on unsecured feeds and sloppy access controls holds up, it means your daily commute isn't just being logged by your local PD — it's potentially sitting on a server that isn't locked down the way residents were promised when these cameras got approved.

The bigger issue isn't just hacker access, though. It's the normalized pipeline these systems create between local police cameras and federal agencies like ICE and CBP, often without the public ever voting on it or even knowing it happened. A camera installed to catch stolen cars can quietly become a tool for immigration enforcement or federal tracking, and most city councils never had that conversation with their constituents.

An FTC complaint is a start, but it shouldn't take a VPN company's investigation to force accountability onto a company whose entire business model is reading plates in public. Check our map to see if Flock has already set up shop near you, and if it has, head to take action to push your local officials for real answers on data sharing and security audits.