Stop focusing on flock cameras (Part 4)

Our Take

Zealot ☤ is back with a fourth installment arguing that the surveillance conversation has gotten too narrow, too fixated on one company's black-and-white camera poles. It's a fair challenge. Flock Safety didn't invent license plate reader networks, and it won't be the last vendor to sell cities on 'safety' hardware that quietly feeds data into regional and federal systems. If critics only ever name one brand, the next one slides in under the radar.

But there's a reason Flock gets so much scrutiny: it's the most aggressive, most visible, most politically connected player in the space right now, with thousands of cameras and a track record of data-sharing controversies that make it a useful case study for how this entire industry operates. Zoom out too fast and you lose the receipts — the actual addresses, the actual city council votes, the actual audit logs that let regular people hold their own police departments accountable.

The real takeaway from this video isn't 'ignore Flock,' it's 'don't stop there.' Keep pressure on the specific cameras near you and keep watching for whatever comes next. Check our camera map to see what's already deployed in your area, and use our take-action guide to push back at the local level before the next vendor shows up.