🟩I made a camo pattern to defeat Flock Cameras

Our Take

Credit where it's due: Jordan Jereb's channel usually covers prepping and survivalism, so watching him turn his attention to Flock Safety cameras says something about how far this issue has traveled beyond the usual privacy-advocate circles. When preppers start designing camouflage patterns to confuse automated license plate readers, you know the surveillance creep has hit a nerve with people who aren't normally thinking about data brokers and retention policies.

We'll be upfront: we haven't independently verified how well any camo pattern actually defeats Flock's detection algorithms, and we're skeptical that a printed pattern is a durable fix against a company that iterates its software constantly. Flock's cameras aren't just reading plates — they're logging vehicle make, color, and distinguishing features into a searchable database that can be queried by any agency with access. A clever paint job might dodge one data point while leaving the rest of the profile intact.

That's really the bigger problem here. Individual evasion tactics are a fun thought experiment, but they don't scale, and they put the burden on drivers to outsmart a surveillance network instead of putting the burden on cities to justify having one. If you want to know whether Flock is watching your neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you'd rather fight this at the policy level than with spray paint, our take-action page has real steps for pushing back where you live.