Flock cameras are everywhere — and people really, really hate them
TL;DR
A Flock camera recording on July 9, 2026, in Jefferson, Georgia. | Kevin D. Liles for the Washington Post via Getty Images Have you been hearing a lot about Flock recently? You’re not alone: The surveillance company has put 120,000 cameras on roads in every US state except Alaska, and people are mad about it — online, at city council meetings, and out in the world, where the cameras have become the target of vigilante vandalism.
Nauti's Take
The benefit of such systems is real: for stolen vehicles and active searches, automatic plate readers shorten investigations noticeably. The risk comes from continuous operation, because an investigative tool quickly becomes a movement profile for everyone.
What decides it is access, logging, and retention limits, and Flock's key figures so far come from a single report.
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