There's a FLOCK Camera On I95! We Went Out And Found The Cameras At Night With an IR Camera!
The short version: James Madison Media uses an IR camera to spotlight a Flock ALPR rig on I-95 at night, exposing how easily these cameras hide in plain sight.
Our Take
Credit to James Madison Media for doing the unglamorous work of actually going out after dark with an IR camera to confirm what a lot of drivers suspect but never verify: that unmarked boxes bolted to poles along interstates like I-95 are quietly photographing every plate that passes. Infrared footage matters here because Flock units are designed to blend into highway clutter during the day — no flashing lights, no obvious signage, just a solar panel and a camera housing that looks like a hundred other pieces of road infrastructure. At night, with the right gear, the IR flash gives the game away.
That's the core problem DeFlock exists to document: these systems are built to be invisible to the average person while being fully visible to law enforcement and, increasingly, to private data-sharing networks. A camera on a major interstate corridor like I-95 isn't scanning for one stolen car — it's logging the movement of everyone who drives through, law-abiding or not, and stacking that data for months. Videos like this one do the public a service by making the invisible visible, literally.
If you want to see what's been documented near you, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on this kind of blanket tracking, our take-action page has concrete steps for residents and local officials alike.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of James Madison Media, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.