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The short version: A viral Gobcast Clips short calls out Flock Safety's ALPR network as 'evil,' adding pop-culture momentum to a debate that's really about unchecked mass surveillance.
Our Take
When a clip titled "Flock Cameras are Evil" starts racking up views, it's a sign the conversation about automated license plate readers is finally breaking out of policy circles and into everyday feeds. Credit to Gobcast Clips for putting a blunt, visceral label on what a lot of people feel but rarely say out loud: a private company quietly building a nationwide vehicle-tracking grid, bankrolled by local police budgets, deserves some hard skepticism.
We don't know the full argument made in the video — it's a short clip, not a white paper — but the instinct behind the title tracks with what we've documented for years. Flock's pitch is 'find the bad guy's car.' The reality is a searchable log of everywhere your car has been, shared across agencies with little public oversight, built without most residents ever voting on it.
Memes and hot takes won't dismantle a surveillance network, but they do get people asking where these cameras are and who approved them. If this clip got you curious, check our camera map to see what's near you, and head to take action for concrete steps to push back at the city council level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Gobcast Clips, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.