A camera is just a camera, but a Flock camera is much more.
You can answer What Are Flock Cameras? in a few sentences. But understanding what these automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras really are means looking at the company behind them, how the system works, who Flock works with, and where the company is headed.
Have you ever asked: What does the camera see? What does it capture about my vehicle? Where is that information stored? Who can search for my vehicle? What happens to the data afterward? Are Flock cameras tracking me? Can Flock cameras hear me?
Flock Safety, the multi-billion-dollar company behind the lens, runs on a subscription model, processes over 20 billion vehicle scans a month, and has built one of the most advanced private surveillance networks in the country.
Inside this 65-page report:
- How Flock cameras work: How the Flock Falcon camera captures vehicles, what it sees, and how the hardware works.
- What happens to your vehicle’s data: Where it goes, how long Flock keeps it, who can search it, and how it’s shared.
- How Flock’s network works: How public and private cameras connect to the system, how outside companies and technologies connect to Flock, and how information moves across the network.
- How Flock uses AI: How AI searches for vehicles, flags patterns, connects information, works with drones and other software, and what happens when it gets something wrong.
- How far the network reaches: How agencies can share vehicle information across the country, and how U.S. vehicle surveillance compares with four other countries.
- Who Flock Safety is: The company’s business model, customers, partners, investors, growth, and how it makes money.
- Where Flock is headed: What its surveillance patent does, and what CEO Garrett Langley hopes for the company’s future.
The report also looks at changes to Flock’s data rules, documented misuse, immigration-related searches, court cases, privacy protections, local opposition, canceled contracts, and civil rights.
This book connects the dots so you can understand not only what the camera is, but everything behind it.
This is Book One of the Surveillance Series, an investigative look into technologies, systems, and policies shaping modern surveillance.
Shelvie O’Rourke –
I have not completely finished it, but what I have read thus far has been amazingly informative. I commend the writer for such an in-depth study and presentation. Thank you.