Flock Is Tracking Drivers Now Too
The short version: WIRED's investigation shows Flock built AI tools that identify drivers and track vehicle movement patterns — directly contradicting years of company denials.
Our Take
For years, Flock Safety's talking point has been simple: we just read plates, we don't track people. WIRED's investigation blows a hole in that line, reporting that Flock has built AI capable of identifying drivers and tracking vehicles by movement patterns alone. That's not a minor technical footnote — it's the exact capability the company has publicly disclaimed to city councils, reporters, and worried residents for years. Credit to WIRED Investigations for digging into what the marketing copy conceals.
This matters because the entire public case for ALPR networks rests on the promise of limits: plates only, no faces, no behavioral profiling, no persistent tracking of individuals. Once a system can infer identity and movement habits from patterns alone, you've built a de facto tracking network regardless of what the privacy policy says. Departments that adopted Flock on the understanding it was a narrow tool are now sitting on infrastructure that does far more, often without new public debate, new procurement review, or updated consent from the communities footing the bill.
If your town has Flock cameras, this is the moment to ask hard questions about what the AI layer actually does, who can query it, and under what oversight. Check our map to see what's near you, and use our take-action resources to push your local officials for real answers before capability quietly outruns policy.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of WIRED Investigations, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.