Where Is This Flock Camera? #flock #esp32 #DIY #backrooms
The short version: A hobbyist tinkers with ESP32 hardware to hunt down a mystery Flock camera, showing how everyday makers are starting to reverse-engineer ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Creator deamonmist's clip is less polished advocacy and more garage-tinkerer curiosity — pointing an ESP32 rig at the question "where is this Flock camera?" That impulse matters. When ordinary people start probing these devices instead of just driving past them, it chips away at the black-box status Flock Safety relies on to keep its network unquestioned.
We don't know the technical details of what deamonmist found, and we're not going to speculate beyond what's shown. But the broader trend is real: DIY investigators, radio hobbyists, and privacy nerds are increasingly the ones doing the legwork that city councils and police departments skip. That grassroots energy is exactly what keeps ALPR deployments from expanding unchecked in the dark.
If you want to see documented camera locations in your area instead of guessing, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a deployment near you, our take-action page has concrete steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of deamonmist, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.