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Disco Lives 2026 - Locking - Top 4 - Deflock Vs. Mr. Piece

Disco Lives · 4 days ago

The short version: This video is a lock-dancing battle named "Deflock" vs. "Mr. Piece" — unrelated to ALPR surveillance despite the shared name.

Our Take

Every so often the algorithm hands us a curveball, and this is one of them. "Disco Lives 2026" from creator Disco Lives is a dance battle video — specifically a lock-dancing showdown between a competitor going by "Deflock" and another named "Mr. Piece," alongside shoutouts to @xtianlao, @ayelmari, @ihow_ph, @apothekamanila, and @nudefloor. It's got nothing to do with automated license plate readers, Flock Safety cameras, or the surveillance fight we track here.

We're flagging it mainly because the name overlap is funny and, frankly, a little instructive: "Deflock" is becoming enough of a recognizable term that it pops up in totally unrelated corners of the internet, from dance crews to who knows what else. Good luck to the dancer — genuinely, lock dancing takes real skill — but don't come here expecting ALPR commentary from this one.

If you landed here looking for the actual DeFlock, the one tracking license plate reader cameras block by block, that's still our full-time job. Check our camera map to see what's been deployed near you, and head to take action if you want to push back on surveillance creeping into your city council agenda.

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