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Flock, Axon, Israel, and American Freedom
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- Jul 15, 2026
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- 335
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Summary
Flock cameras capture a complete vehicle fingerprint and use neural networks to identify and track people. Flock’s system can generate “heat maps” charting a vehicle’s movements for 30 days, which can be used to reconstruct a person’s movements, associations, and habits. Flock’s Nationwide Data Sharing allows police in one state to track vehicles in another without probable cause. Flock cameras have been under much public scrutiny lately, and many have been destroyed. But Flock isn’t the only private company helping to build a mass surveillance state. A Company called, Axon, launched a clip-on streetlight camera called the “Axon Lightpost” in 2025. The device is powered by the streetlight’s socket and is designed to be installed on existing streetlights “in under an hour.” Axon terminated its partnership with Flock Safety in January 2023, which was seen as a strategic move to compete with Flock, but Axon is also less noticeable than Flock and much more difficult to destroy. The Fourth Amendment requires a detailed warrant with probable cause. But these new surveillance programs are collecting data on everyone without any suspicion, and are in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment. Privacy is foundational to liberty. It is an “area within which the individual is free from interference and able to do and think whatever he chooses.” Without private space, individuals cannot develop their own thoughts, or make independent decisions. Privacy ensures the government must rely on the consent of the governed rather than predictive surveillance. Privacy shields individuals from arbitrary interference by the state. And the loss of privacy creates a relationship of domination. Privacy allows for the “mistakes, embarrassments, and false starts” that are part of human life withou…