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Stop Flock cameras

PullupsPastaPolitics · 1 month ago

The short version: A creator at PullupsPastaPolitics is sounding the alarm on Flock Safety cameras, adding another grassroots voice to the growing pushback against ALPR surveillance.

Our Take

Credit to PullupsPastaPolitics for putting "Stop Flock cameras" into the public feed. Short, punchy, hashtag-driven content like this matters because it reaches people who will never read a city council agenda or a surveillance audit, but will scroll past a video that tells them a camera on their street is logging their plate every time they leave the driveway.

We don't have the full transcript to fact-check line by line, so we'll stay general here: the core concern — that networks of automated license plate readers create a searchable record of where you go, who you see, and when — is well documented and is exactly why this fight keeps growing in cities that never held a real public debate before installing them. Framing it around "stalking" and "protection" isn't hyperbole; Flock's own data-sharing design means your movements can end up visible to agencies and, in breach cases, well beyond them.

If this video got you curious about what's actually watching your block, check our camera map to see nearby devices, and head to take action for concrete steps to push back at the local level.

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