The CEO of Flock Cameras is demanding that you stop taking pictures of him in public

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Credit to Ron Z for catching this one, because the irony practically writes itself. The man running a company that's blanketed American streets with cameras tracking every passing car, 24/7, apparently doesn't love the idea of being photographed himself in public. Funny how privacy becomes a sacred right the moment it's your own face on the line, and an outdated concern the moment it's everyone else's license plate.

This isn't just a gotcha moment — it's a window into how the surveillance industry actually thinks. Flock and companies like it have built a business model on the premise that there's no reasonable expectation of privacy in public, that your movements, your routines, your comings and goings are all fair game to log, store, and hand over to police departments and sometimes federal agencies with few guardrails. When the CEO of that company bristles at the same logic being applied to him, it tells you everything about how little these arguments were ever about principle. They were about who gets to watch, and who doesn't get a say.

That double standard is exactly why this fight matters. Ordinary people don't get to opt out of Flock's dragnet the way executives seem to expect to opt out of a stranger's camera. If you want to see how far this network already reaches in your area, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back, our take-action page has concrete steps for taking this fight to your city council.