An interactive map of FLock Cams

A crowdsourced “DeFlock” map is plotting the spread of Flock Safety’s ALPRs — automatic license plate readers — and the community is losing it. The site invites people to add missing cameras, but the comments are where the fireworks are. One user found two new pins practically on top of the one they added, sparking a mini conspiracy: are the streets double‑scanned or is the map double‑counting? Another says when your car gets stolen, suddenly nobody can access the data, chopping the “safety tech” pitch into a bitter meme: protection that can’t protect. Others slam the map’s stale entries, claiming cameras shown as active were removed long ago, turning DeFlock into a ghost cam graveyard.

Privacy panic is the mood. One local calls the map “quite scary,” warning the cameras are everywhere and that dodging them means detouring through back roads like a stealth mission IRL. A hot thread asks if there’s any coordinated way to scrub these “parasitic devices,” while another commenter alleges the CEO once labeled DeFlock “terrorists,” which only poured gasoline on the drama. Between the watchdog vibes, the glitch reports, and the “route around Big Brother” jokes, the community’s verdict is split: is this map a public service — or a paranoia machine?