Flock Cameras: Are YOU Being Watched 24/7? #shorts

Our Take

Credit to Gunnar Clement for putting a face on what's usually an abstract debate. Most people don't think about ALPRs until they spot one bolted to a pole near their house or notice a stranger's camera logging their plate on a totally unremarkable drive to the grocery store. That personal jolt — "wait, is this thing watching me right now?" — is exactly the reaction Flock Safety would rather you not have, because the whole business model depends on these cameras blending into the background as "just infrastructure."

The crime-fighting pitch is the same every time: it's for solving crimes, finding stolen cars, helping cops. What rarely gets mentioned is that every plate, not just the ones tied to a warrant, gets logged, timestamped, and stored, building a movement history on millions of innocent drivers who were never suspected of anything. That's not a tool aimed at criminals; it's a dragnet that happens to occasionally catch one.

Short-form videos like this one are doing real work just by making people look up and notice the hardware. If this clip made you wonder how many of these cameras are near your own home or commute, check our map to see what's already been documented in your area, and visit take action for concrete steps to push back at the local level.