This map shows how many Flock cameras are in your neighborhood
There's an app that can show you how many devices owned by surveillance company Flock Safety are in your neighbourhood.
DeFlock Maps, a crowdsourced app, allows users to see the location of surveillance cameras in their neighborhood, including Flock cameras. The app, powered by the open-source project OpenStreetMap, maps out over 128,000 cameras across 49 states, with Flock Safety cameras making up 82 percent of the devices tracked. Flock Safety's fleet of devices, which use cameras to capture and analyze vehicle images, have been controversial due to concerns over mass surveillance.
Police departments, businesses, schools, and homeowners associations are among the users of these cameras. DeFlock Maps collects no user data, stating that everything stays on the user's device unless uploaded to OpenStreetMap. The app aims to increase transparency and accountability by providing a searchable record of the surveillance infrastructure in communities.
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