Flock CEO calls DeFlock terrorist org

Our Take

If the clip making the rounds from Dhaba POV Shorts is accurate, Flock's CEO reached for the word 'terrorist' to describe a volunteer-run mapping project. That's not a rebuttal, it's a tell. When a surveillance company facing basic questions about permits, data retention, and public oversight responds by reaching for the most inflammatory label in the American vocabulary, it says more about their confidence in their own compliance than it does about the people asking questions.

DeFlock exists because nobody else was tracking where these cameras actually are, who authorized them, and whether local governments followed their own rules before bolting an ALPR to a pole. Calling that effort 'terrorism' doesn't answer the underlying question the video description raises: how do you claim to 'follow the law' when cameras keep showing up in counties without documented permits? That's not rhetoric, that's a paper trail problem, and name-calling doesn't produce paperwork.

We'll keep doing what we've always done, cataloging cameras and pushing for transparency and consent, not because we hate technology but because unaccountable surveillance infrastructure doesn't get a pass just because the guy selling it doesn't like being asked to show his work. Credit to Dhaba POV Shorts for surfacing the clip. Check our camera map to see what's near you, and if you want to push back on unpermitted installs in your area, our take-action guide is the place to start.