Americans destroy surveillance cameras Flock | TechCrunch

A Flock surveillance camera in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Flock counts more than 6,000 customers that are using its license plate readers, camera-equipped drones, gunshot detection devices and software, with customers in every state except Alaska. Photographer: Antranik Tavitian/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid growing public anger that license plate readers are helping US immigration authorities and deportations. Flock is an Atlanta-based startup valued at $7.5 billion a year ago and a manufacturer of license plate … Read more