They know where you go: The Flock camera problem
The short version: Bill Mehrio's breakdown of Flock's rapid camera expansion is a solid entry point for anyone just waking up to how normalized this surveillance has become.
Our Take
Bill Mehrio's video lands on the core question that should bother every driver: when a private company's cameras blanket your city and log your movements by default, what's left of the idea that you can just go about your day unwatched? The title says it plainly — they know where you go. That's not hyperbole, it's the business model.
What makes this worth your time isn't some bombshell revelation, it's the accumulation. City council meetings approve "a few cameras for a pilot program," and a year later there's a mesh of ALPRs at every arterial road, feeding a searchable database that local cops, federal agencies, and sometimes companies with murky vetting standards can query. Nobody voted on that outcome specifically, it just happened one contract renewal at a time, which is exactly the pattern we track here.
If this video has you wondering what's actually bolted to the poles in your own neighborhood, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and if you want to push back on a deployment, our take-action page has the tools to start that fight at the city council level, which is still the most effective pressure point. Credit to Bill Mehrio for putting this in front of a wider audience.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Bill Mehrio, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.