Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit

Flock Safety operates roughly 130,000 license-plate-reading cameras nationwide, excluding Alaska, and contracts with about 40% of U.S. law-enforcement agencies. Valued at more than $8 billion and funded by Andreessen Horowitz, its system logs vehicle make, model and color, enabling warrant-free evidence collection and arrests, including in the Brown University shooter case. Police chiefs and bipartisan lawmakers endorse the technology despite privacy and lobbying concerns.