Flock is getting too powerful #juliandorey #flock #flockcameras #flocksurveillance #bluetooth
The short version: A clip from Julian Dorey's channel warns that Flock Safety's network is expanding beyond license plates into Bluetooth device tracking, raising the surveillance stakes.
Our Take
Credit to Juliandailys for flagging something we've been watching closely: Flock Safety isn't content staying in its lane as a license-plate reader company. The clip points to the company's push into Bluetooth signal detection, which means the system is no longer just logging your car — it's reaching toward logging you, your phone, and whatever else is broadcasting a signal as you walk or drive past one of these poles.
This is the pattern with ALPR vendors: start with a narrow, publicly palatable use case ('find stolen cars'), then quietly broaden the sensor suite and the data-sharing network until a single company has a rolling, searchable record of where everyone has been. Bluetooth tracking folded into the same dragnet as plate reads is a serious escalation, and it deserves more scrutiny than a city council getting a sales pitch usually gives it.
If you want to see how far this has already spread in your own area, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back at the local level, our take-action resources walk you through how to show up and ask the hard questions before your town signs another contract.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Juliandailys, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.