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#Flock cameras everywhere. Now this. #howdoyouhookyourlivebait #unbelievable #believable

Dave Williams · 5 months ago

The short version: Creator Dave Williams flags yet another Flock camera sighting, a small clip that underscores how normalized ALPR surveillance has become in everyday life.

Our Take

Dave Williams' clip is short and a little scattershot — part fishing content, part "wait, is that a Flock camera?" moment — but that's kind of the point. These cameras have become so ubiquitous that people are noticing them in the middle of unrelated errands, hobbies, and road trips. When a surveillance network is dense enough to photobomb a video about live bait, it's worth asking how it got there and who approved it.

We don't have details from Williams on the location or deployment specifics, and we won't speculate beyond what's shown. But the broader pattern is one we track constantly: Flock units popping up in places residents never voted on, often installed quietly under vague "public safety" justifications with little community input or oversight.

If you've spotted a camera like the one in this video, help us document it on the map. And if you want to push back on unchecked ALPR expansion in your own town, our take-action page has concrete steps for getting answers from local officials.

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