Source: The Verge
Flock Safety's automatic license plate readers—marketed as public safety tools—have become targets of organized destruction, with communities dismantling units faster than the company deploys them. This marks a rare case of physical resistance to surveillance infrastructure itself, not just online complaint. It suggests that acceptance of pervasive monitoring has limits when the technology is visible and fixed rather than abstract and algorithmic. The damage campaign is altering the economics of mass surveillance deployment: if cameras don't survive installation, the business model fails regardless of technical capability.