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Who is tracking your car? The reality of Flock #privacy #surveillance

A Faster PC · 2 days ago

The short version: A Faster PC's video spotlights Flock's 120,000-camera sprawl, underscoring how little oversight exists over who can query your daily movements.

Our Take

Credit to A Faster PC for putting a number on something most Americans don't grasp: 120,000-plus Flock Safety cameras now quietly log the comings and goings of ordinary people, not just suspects. That figure alone should stop you cold. This isn't a few cop cars with radar guns — it's a privately built, rapidly expanding tracking grid stitched into neighborhoods, highways, and parking lots, often installed with little public debate before residents even know it's there.

What the video gets right is the core problem: once that scale of location data exists, it doesn't matter how well-intentioned the original pitch was. Data gets pooled, shared across agencies, and retained far longer than most people assume, turning routine errands into a permanent record. Few residents ever voted on this, and even fewer know how to find out who's watching their own street.

That's exactly the gap we built DeFlock USA to close. Check the map to see what's already watching your block, and head to take-action if you want to push back at your next city council meeting.

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of A Faster PC, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.