If you’re reading this, ACT NORMAL. Do not look around or seem suspicious; keep your eyes glued to this page like you’re reading the Sunday funnies. They are watching you. Just like they’re watching me right now. And if they catch on that we’re talking about them, there could be consequences.
All around us, in 49 states across the U.S., Flock Cameras are being installed without public awareness. Officially, these AI-supported digital cameras are merely license plate readers. In reality, they’re already being abused by police to illegally stalk people; they’re equipped with capabilities far beyond their stated purpose, and they’re being installed in highly suspicious areas.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. If you tune your tin-foil radios to the deepest frequencies of the conspirashpere, you’ll hear whispers about social credit score surveillance, anti-civilian weapons systems, and live-stream networks for events like The Purge or Hunger Games…
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start with the facts before we get to the theories.
The Facts
The U.S. has had camera surveillance systems for a long time. But these ain’t your grandmammie’s 2MP traffic cams. Flock cameras have 5MP resolution and use an advanced AI system to focus specifically on searchable metadata like license plates and car makes and models. But their capabilities go much further. These cameras can also recognize the traits of an individual on the street. Things like tattoos, clothing, and even birthmarks are digitally catalogued and stored in a database, where police can keyword search entire cities not just for vehicles but for specific people.
These cameras ain’t cheap, either. A single Flock camera costs Uncle Sam $2,500-$3,000 per year, with a $250-$300 installation fee. With over 120,000 Flock cameras currently in operation across the U.S., that equates to a metric mindfuckton of taxpayer money.
Since the first Flock camera was installed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2017, more than 50 police officers have been investigated for abusing the system to stalk people (often their exes) — over half of those officers lost their jobs.
Oddly, these cameras aren’t only being installed near roadways. The Flock tracker map, DeFlock, has revealed that they’re being installed in public parks, pointing at elementary schools, or in even weirder, more suspicious places. For instance, recently, during a bizarre sales demo, the vice president of Flock, Bob Carter, pulled up a livestream of a children’s gymnastics room in Dunwoody, Georgia, to demonstrate… who the fuck knows what?
Finally, the CEO of Flock, Garrett Langley (yes, that’s actually his last name), is trying to classify DeFlock, the non-profit mapping his camera’s locations, as a “terroristic organization.” In light of the Domestic Terrorist Prevention Act of 2025, that’s not a glib accusation. Because now, in the Land of the Free, any activist organization (like DeFlock) can be classified and prosecuted as a “domestic terrorist organization.”
The Theories
There is at least one obvious motive behind the swift and silent installation of these cameras: To create the surveillance foundation for a social credit score system. Our overlords desperately want to install a system where social disobedience — illegally parking, jaywalking, public drunkenness, etc. — can be monitored with AI (read: Flock cameras) and your social credit, much like your financial credit, can be tallied up. Well-behaved, submissive citizens will get access to luxuries like traveling abroad, driving, or eating out, while degenerate punks with a flair for social disobedience will be denied those “privileges.” Their digital wallets will be disabled. Their digital licenses and passports will be voided. Their ability to generally participate in society will be systematically stripped away.
But Flock cameras could be here for even more insidious ends. Some people fear that, if paired with police or military autonomous drones, Flock cameras could be used to respond to “social disobedience” with Terminator-style lethal force. You’re wanted for traffic violations? You participated in an anti-government protest? You’re suddenly in the crosshairs at home.
What Can Be Done?
Many people have taken to the streets to spray paint the lenses of Flock cameras, while others have started buzz-sawing them down in the dead of night. Hell, Florida even passed a sweeping law banning Flock cameras throughout the state.
Most actionably, though, on Halloween 2026, there is supposed to be an anti-Flock camera blitz. People across America are masking up and donning their costumes to go a-smashing all around town… The revolution will be televised. But not for long.
Those are just rumors, though.
