Well, the CEO did openly invite and approve of this. In his own words, Flock cameras aren't forced on anyone. So the only logical conclusion is to destroy them if so desired.
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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There's one a block from my house, and three blocks from my work, so they can see me coming and going each direction.
...BRB
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Benn Jordan has done great videos on this stuff
Yeah, I was actually thinking about acquiring one myself. I want to dissect it, hook it up to some monitoring equipment/ software, see what I can learn about it… functionality, vulnerability, anything. But I’m also worried about the potential I accidentally show up on a video feed stored somewhere remote. I’ve been checking eBay for them, but honestly… there are several right by my home. We’ll see what happens, in time.
I'd recommend caution. No idea if these things have a built in GPS, but I wouldn't be surprised considering how easy/cheap it is for electronics hobbyists to add GPS functionality to their projects. Take it home and fire it up and you may potentially be telling the gestapo right where you live.
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Similar to what happened in Hong Kong a few years back when the CCP introduced metal telephone poles chock full of monitoring equipment and cameras.
Offtopic, but it's sad how all discussion about Hong Kong just slipped away into the void. I think this is the first time I've seen it mentioned in almost a year.
One of my friends just didn't even remember it happening, he thought I was making it up at first.
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This behavior from companies is so predictable that I'm perpetually disappointed in my fellow human beings for ever buying this equipment.
People want surveillance options. One of the highest/most obvious features required, unsurprisingly, is the ability to see your cameras on your smart phone -- which generally means you need a Smartphone App + a centralised server/system connecting the different ends. The alternative being that end users would likely need static IP addresses / Dynamic DNS setups to have a Smartphone app point "directly" to their exposed CCTV ports -- which I don't imagine regular consumers are keen on, likely why basically no such options seem to exist in the retail space (afaik - if there are widely used brands i dont know about, by all means clue me in).
Options that are fully local/closed/under user control, are almost impossible to find. This isn't so much a consumer-specific problem, from my perspective, at this point -- there aren't enough options for consumers to choose differently. It's sorta like how you're generally 'stuck' with US-tethered Smartphones. It's not so much a 'choice' that consumers get to make, as it is that these big businesses have effective monopolies and consumers are stuck.
What you described as impossible to find is how basically every security DVR system has worked for decades. I have two Lorex branded boxes at work and a Night Owl one at home, and neither of them require anyone's "cloud."
They're remotely accessible via your browser or a smartphone app although, yes, you do need to know your public facing IP address and poke the appropriate hole in your firewall for it.
Sacrificing what you want is the option.
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