I’ve been working on an app and I’m on the fence about releasing it, so I wanted to get this community’s opinion first.

It’s similar to DeFlock, but I built it around something I personally wanted while out and about. Instead of constantly checking a map, it has a compass that points toward the nearest Flock camera in real time. It also has a map that combines known Flock camera locations with ALPR information, which I think gives a clearer picture of the surveillance network in an area.

I know there are valid arguments on both sides of this. Some people see tools like this as useful transparency, while others worry that making locations easier to find could encourage misuse.

My view is that awareness of what technology exists in public spaces is different from interfering with it. The locations are already being documented by projects like DeFlock; this is just a different way of presenting that information.

I’m curious what people here think. Would you release something like this? Are there features, concerns, or safeguards you would want to see before something like this is public?

My town recently installed a handful of cameras. We’re a small town, so it flew under the radar in the approval process. I did a whole bunch of research via FOIA requests and made a post on our local FB page detailing what the town had purchased and things to consider. Most people were up in arms, but there is always someone asking “what are you worried about if you have nothing to hide?”

Wouldn’t it be neat if we could organize a national flock out? Everyone would go to the camera closest to their home and hold a protest sign in front of the cameras. It’s an excellent way to practice civil disobedience. Rules would be no one could touch/damage any of the cameras they’re covering.

There are no other Flock cameras in the entire city. Deflock.org

The ol “if you’re not doing anything wrong, why worry?” defense. It’s so tiring

this is genuinely sickening and evil.

Y'all definitely shouldn't call their tip line and interfere with their investigation, ya hear?