Keeping Tabs on an Ex With Flock
The short version: A Georgia Gazette report reportedly shows Flock camera access being misused to track an ex-partner, underscoring how ALPR networks can become tools for stalking, not just policing.
Our Take
The Georgia Gazette is digging into something DeFlock has warned about since day one: these camera networks aren't just a crime-fighting tool for cops, they're a honeypot of location data that's only as safe as the person with login credentials. A license plate reader doesn't know or care whether the person querying it is investigating a robbery or tracking down an ex. The system trusts the badge, not the intent.
This is the quiet danger of Flock's rapid expansion across small towns and suburbs — thousands of departments, thousands of officers with access, and audit logs that depend entirely on someone actually reviewing them after the fact. When oversight is an afterthought, misuse isn't a hypothetical, it's a matter of time. Domestic abusers with a badge and a grudge are exactly the kind of threat model this technology was never built to guard against, no matter what the sales pitch promises about 'solving crime.'
Credit to The Georgia Gazette for putting a human face on what's usually an abstract privacy debate. If you want to see how dense this surveillance net already is in your area, check our map, and if your city is still debating a Flock contract, our take-action page has tools to push back before the cameras go up.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The Georgia Gazette, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.