Darth Vader unloads on Flock cameras
The short version: Nunya Business uses a Darth Vader bit to roast Flock's ALPR network, proving satire can make surveillance critique land harder than a press release.
Our Take
Sometimes the fastest way to cut through surveillance-industry PR is to let the Dark Lord of the Sith do the talking. Nunya Business's Vader bit is obviously a joke, but the setup works because the premise isn't far-fetched: a galaxy-spanning empire tracking citizens' movements via networked cameras is basically the plot of a Flock sales deck with better lighting.
Humor like this matters for the same reason local news segments and city council meetings don't always land — people tune out jargon about 'public safety partnerships' and 'license plate recognition technology,' but they get it instantly when it's framed as an evil empire logging your comings and goings. That's the real value of comedy in this fight: it makes the absurdity of a privately-run, poorly-regulated camera network stitched across your town impossible to ignore.
If the bit got you curious about whether your own neighborhood has Flock hardware watching your plate, don't just laugh it off — check the map and see what's actually been deployed near you, then use our take-action resources to push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Nunya Business, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.