r/FlockSurveillance 15d ago

Activism This is a movement. We will NOT become a surveillance state. Spread the word. Leave your phones at home.

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r/FlockSurveillance Apr 28 '26

Privacy I built FlockHopper for iOS — an app that routes you around known ALPR cameras

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Hi everyone! Some of y'all might already know my web app FlockHopper that shows you how many Flock cameras are tracking you on your daily commute.

After getting some solid feedback on the web app, I went all in on building a full mobile routing app for daily driving.

iOS is available here:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flockhopper/id6762170253

THE APP

- Real-time turn-by-turn navigation that shows you cameras as you drive

- Choose between a normal route and a private route. Both show you miles & estimated time so you can decide what's worth it

- Search for places using native Apple Maps data

- Explore mode : camera data refreshes daily and the map pans with your location so you can spot Flock cameras as you pass them

COST

The basic app will always be free. The free version is funded by donations and in-app tips. Donations cover development, server costs, and possible future legal fees. There may be a premium version with more advanced features down the road, but the core app as it exists now stays free.

ANDROID

The Android version is about 60% done. If you want to get notified when beta testing starts or when it's available on Google Play you can join the waitlist here: dontgetflocked.com/android

PRIVACY

FlockHopper is built with privacy as the default. Your location is used only to show your position, provide navigation, and calculate routes. Route coordinates are sent to a self-hosted routing engine for off-device route calculation, but they are not logged or stored.

Map tiles and camera data are self-hosted, and camera data is served through Cloudflare. Place search uses Apple’s native Maps search. FlockHopper does not store route history, searches, location logs, device IDs, or user profiles.

Feedback and bug reports are very welcome. Thanks for checking it out!


r/FlockSurveillance 6h ago

Humor Flocking Nettled this guy

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656 Upvotes

Oh no the HOA I'm so scared. Went to check his profile to see if he was do8ng a bit and nonhes actually really mad at the Everyday Batman who cut down their illegal camera


r/FlockSurveillance 11h ago

Flock cameras are being replaced by Epstein-funded surveillance (Axon)

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442 Upvotes

r/FlockSurveillance 3h ago

Discussion Flock IR activity

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Watching the IR activity on an apparent Flock Condor deployment after dark. One important distinction: seeing the IR illuminate tells us the illumination system is active..not, by itself, exactly what data is being captured or retained at that moment.

Hardware behavior is observable. Backend activity is a separate question. Observe what you can. Don’t assume the rest.


r/FlockSurveillance 5h ago

Discussion What People Don't Understand about the Ron DeSantis Statement

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You can hate Ron DeSantis, you can believe he's just doing this for some political theater, you can believe he's trying to bury the $10 million misappropriated dollars story, you can believe anything you want.

BUT...

If you want mass surveillance to end, flock/axon/etc. cameras pulled down from our streets, Liberty to return to the people, you HAVE to support this piece of shit.

The truth of politics is this: generally speaking, politicians are selfish, crustaceous vermin who are always looking political upside in a movement. If it's there, they will absolutely join it. If this story gets pumped on social, other politicians will take note and join the movement so long as they think it means votes in their upcoming election.

Ron DeSantis is a huge name. If we can get 3 - 4 more big named politicians in on this movement, the momentum won't stop. Call your congressman/senators and let them know how important this is if they want your vote.


r/FlockSurveillance 12h ago

Discussion Can’t even post in the state subs anymore without Reddit removing the posts

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r/FlockSurveillance 18h ago

News Florida just revoked every plate reader permit on its state roads - agencies have 30 days to remove them

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The Florida Department of Transportation issued a memo Monday revoking existing permits for automated plate readers installed in state highway rights-of-way. Agencies have 30 days to remove them; after that FDOT pulls them itself.

The memo cites "the recent exponential increase in deployments along our roadways, coupled with concerning reports of misuse, data privacy concerns, and surveillance schemes."

Worth reading the limit carefully: this covers the public right-of-way only. Cameras on private and commercial property are untouched. It is the biggest single removal order so far, and it still doesn't reach the parking lot.

Sources: WUSF and Vero News, both Aug 31 2026.

Flock U maps the plate readers that are publicly known, from public data, and routes you around them: https://waterviewtechnologies.com


r/FlockSurveillance 14h ago

News Gov. DeSantis calls for legislative action against Flock cameras to prevent digital AI surveillance in Florida.

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166 Upvotes

r/FlockSurveillance 14h ago

Activism Palm Springs Anti Flock Club

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135 Upvotes

Get in the car. @TyeStyles6


r/FlockSurveillance 16h ago

Woman torches Santa Clarita's city council over misuse of Flock cameras

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177 Upvotes

r/FlockSurveillance 17h ago

My question is what are they replacing the flock cameras with

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213 Upvotes

r/FlockSurveillance 5h ago

Activism We're People, Not Sheeple!

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Meet Nimbecile, all he does is stand there and watch you. That's his whole job, and he doesn't stop to eat drink or sleep. He used to be like any other sheep, but he was too resistant. So, old McDonald had to replace his head with a computer so he would follow whatever he was told to do.

Just in case Nimbecile gets any ideas, there's a barbed wire fence that keeps him inside the farm. What kind of farm is it? A data farm, with every blade of grass representing a 1. Nevermind the clouds, that's just where all the data ends up going.

He has a tag on his ear. In fact, old McDonald has started referring to Nimbecile as "Sheep number 67." The barcode makes it easier to scan and identify him which is why he's required to have the tag everywhere he goes. He has an identity, in fact he has three different ones that are all connected to him.

Should Nimbecile worry about all of his identities being connected and tracked? He can't, because he's just a sheep with a computer for a brain. He doesn't care about things like mass surveillance or how old McDonald cuts off the head of other sheep. All he cares about is sending data to the cloud.

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." -George Washington


r/FlockSurveillance 11h ago

Ex-deputy accused of searching for same license plate 2,055 times on Flock

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r/FlockSurveillance 3h ago

If a city replaces Flock with another ALPR vendor, the core issue barely changes. The real question is the architecture: who can search it, for what purpose, how broadly it can be shared, how long data is kept, and what catches misuse.

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r/FlockSurveillance 16h ago

Discussion Detecting Flock via BLE

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102 Upvotes

r/FlockSurveillance 17h ago

Activism R/Dallas and r/fortworth have repeatedly deleted my verified concerns about Flock and then permabanned me.

103 Upvotes

Here is original post.

I’ve been digging into Dallas’s use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs/Flock cameras) through Texas Public Information Act requests, and one part of what I found is insane/
Dallas has issued enforcement orders requiring certain private properties to install a “law enforcement integrated license plate reader system (such as the Flock Safety system or other similar system)” and register private camera systems with CONNECT DALLAS.
That is a very different situation from a private business simply deciding to put up its own security camera.
It means that, at least in some circumstances, the City can and has already used governmental authority to cause privately owned property to become part of a law-enforcement surveillance network due to "crime concerns".
My July public-records request asked Dallas for, among other things:
the locations and number of ALPR cameras;

private cameras accessible by DPD;

data-sharing agreements;

outside/federal agency access;

audit and search logs;

retention periods;

complaints and unauthorized-use investigations;

and records showing who can search the system.

Dallas created a separate DPD open-records request from that submission. Based on the email record I have, I still have not located a substantive DPD response to that separate request.
But I think Dallas residents should know the answers to some basic questions:
How many government and privately owned ALPR cameras can Dallas police search?
Can an officer run one plate across cameras owned by businesses, apartments, HOAs, neighboring cities, or other states?
How long are those records kept?
Which outside agencies can access Dallas data?
How often are officers audited for improper searches?
And how many privately owned cameras became part of the law-enforcement network because Dallas itself required their installation?
I’m continuing to request the underlying records rather than speculating any further. We are on day 36 without a response.
If anyone here has received Dallas/Flock records through a Public Information Act request, works with this system, has encountered one of these property requirements, or knows where Dallas publishes its full ALPR sharing/audit policies, I’d be interested in comparing records.
For the record, the first address the city compelled private property to put up and share flock cameras is at 4910 East Side Avenue, there are several more including one within the last month, but they have not released the address.
Fuck this company, we deserve privacy.


r/FlockSurveillance 1d ago

Security Is it true PETAH?

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711 Upvotes

r/FlockSurveillance 11h ago

News Community Leaders are Tearing Out Flock Cameras and Quietly Replacing Them With Axon Cameras

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r/FlockSurveillance 7h ago

What are these at my college?

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They’re on a pole about 10 feet above the ground


r/FlockSurveillance 14h ago

City is flooded with flock cameras as of this morning

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Sure their has been a few here and there but as of this morning my usual flockless route had now been flooded. Each stop has 4-5 flock cameras , even small residential quiet neighborhoods that didn’t have them before looking so out of place . This feels dystopian and made me so uneasy i found myself constantly asking how this has become my freaky reality. When will it stop? What is expected from this point forward?


r/FlockSurveillance 5h ago

I’m not sure if this is the right sub Reddit for this, so please remove if it doesn’t fit. This is in reference to poles on your own personal property only.

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r/FlockSurveillance 1d ago

Be careful if you're out dismantling flock cameras...

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670 Upvotes

They have cameras watching flock cameras to try and catch people, be smart, know your environment.


r/FlockSurveillance 1d ago

Flock cameras must be pulled from Florida state roads within 30 days, DeSantis orders

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LETS GOOOOO


r/FlockSurveillance 1d ago

Discussion Does anyone else think the US is prepping for mass civil unrest?

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We are watching the economy start to collapse under our feet, and suddenly all of these cameras are being set up everywhere. I don't think that's a coincidence