The growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras
An underground movement of privacy activists is actively disabling Flock Safety surveillance cameras across the United States. These vigilantes, including a figure known as 'NoMark,' argue that the automated license plate readers represent an invasive form of mass surveillance.
Why it matters
This highlights a growing tension between public safety technology and individual privacy rights, raising questions about the legality of private citizens destroying public or commercial infrastructure.
US news Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras An underground network of privacy activists is disabling or destroying the ubiquitous surveillance devices sprouting up across the US
The first time that “NoMark” tried to knock out a Flock camera feed, he waited an hour for the perfect moment – pacing in and out of bushes that towered over him, a few feet behind a pole holding up the device.
NoMark, as he’s known on Instagram, had already gained an online following of hundreds of thousands for posting videos of himself wearing a black mask and taking on small-time vigilante missions: breaking up fights outside a bar and breaking into a refinery he believed was “polluting the city real bad”. The Minnesota Star Tribune dubbed him “ Minneapolis’ Batman ”. He spoke to the Guardian under condition of anonymity to discuss potentially illegal acts.
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