he Found a Legal Way to Beat Surveillance Cameras #FlockBlocker #FloridaMan
The short version: Oli Press profiles Carl Gunn, a 77-year-old St. Petersburg retiree who's found a legal, low-tech way to push back against Flock's ALPR cameras.
Our Take
Credit to Oli Press for spotlighting Carl Gunn — proof that you don't need a law degree or a hacker's toolkit to push back on automated license plate readers, just persistence and a willingness to stand outside in Florida heat. At 77, Gunn is doing what a lot of city councils won't: treating Flock's camera network as the surveillance infrastructure it actually is, and objecting to it in public, on the record, day after day.
What makes this story land isn't a clever hack, it's the reminder that these cameras are ordinary and everywhere, watching every car that passes regardless of any warrant or suspicion. St. Petersburg is one of hundreds of towns that quietly signed up for Flock's dragnet, and most residents have no idea the plate reader on the corner is logging their movements into a searchable database shared well beyond city limits. Gunn's one-man protest is a reminder that pushing back is legal, visible, and available to anyone who's paying attention.
If you want to know whether your own street has one of these cameras, check our map, and if you're ready to do more than notice, our take-action guide has practical next steps for making noise at your own city council.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of oli press, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.