How Flock Is Building America’s Private Surveillance Infrastructure

The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and people’s movements throughout the day and across the country. Dozens of communities have canceled contracts for the cameras or turned them off, includi…

How Flock Is Building America’s Private Surveillance Infrastructure

AT and AB, Left Voice Flock is building one of America’s largest surveillance networks. It represents a new tool for preserving capital’s power and wealth. In 2017 Garrett Langley, along with two other fellow Georgia Tech graduates, designed a purpose-built surveillance camera on his dining room table. He received positive feedback from a Georgia police detective, which inspired him to create what would become the United States’ largest automate…