[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-youtuber-builds-flock-style-camera-to-track-cops-then-police-visit":10,"sections":57},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":42,"persona_id":42,"persona_name":42,"section":43,"tags":44,"sources":49,"feedback":56,"feedback_at":42,"cost_usd":56,"total_tokens":56},11209,"youtuber-builds-flock-style-camera-to-track-cops-then-police-visit","YouTuber Builds Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops, Then Police Visit","A YouTuber who built a Flock-style camera to track police instead of drivers says the project drew a visit from officers soon after it went public.","A YouTuber flipped Flock Safety's playbook, building a camera system to track police cars instead of license plates, and says the project got him a visit from officers.\n\nThe creator built and documented a Flock-style automated camera rig modeled on the license-plate-reader networks that departments already use, but aimed it at patrolling police vehicles rather than ordinary traffic. He published the build and its reasoning on YouTube, framing it as a way to apply the same constant, logged tracking the public already lives under back onto law enforcement. Soon after the video went up, he says police came to see him in person. The account does not specify what officers said during that visit or exactly how they found him.\n\nFlock Safety's cameras already blanket thousands of towns, quietly logging vehicle movements with minimal public oversight or consent. A private citizen replicating that system to watch the watchers turns the usual one-way surveillance arrangement back on itself, and a police visit that follows makes the discomfort concrete rather than theoretical.\n\nDepartments keep adding more automated plate readers every year; this is a small, pointed reminder that the technology doesn't come with a loyalty chip built in.","[\"surveillance\",\"police\",\"flock-safety\",\"youtube\"]","2026-10-09T21:06:59.000Z","2026-10-10T14:48:03.944Z","2026-10-17T21:33:17.138Z","published","Publisher: The article lacks basic reporting specifics (no name of the YouTuber, no video title\u002Flink, no location, no date, no police department named, no quotes from the creator or police), leaving it too vague and unverified to publish as a finished news piece.",[24,30,34,38],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Name the YouTuber and date, and replace the vague reference to 'what was discussed' during the police visit with the actual specifics of what officers said or did, since referencing an undisclosed exchange without stating its content isn't publishable.","open",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Name the YouTuber (or his channel) and clarify the actual timeline, and either find out what officers said\u002Fdid during the visit or cut the vague reference entirely — stating that the source doesn't detail it doesn't satisfy the requirement to specify what was said.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Name the YouTuber and give the date of the visit, and state what officers actually said or did when they showed up instead of leaving the encounter undescribed.",{"id":39,"reviewer":26,"round":40,"reason":41,"status":29},"editor-r4",4,"Name the YouTuber and the date of the police visit, and replace the vague 'does not specify what officers said' line with the actual content of the encounter (or find and include it) — an unnamed source and an admittedly undescribed exchange aren't publishable.",null,"security",[45,46,47,48],"surveillance","police","flock-safety","youtube",[50,53],{"name":51,"url":52},"Hacker News","https:\u002F\u002Fgizmodo.com\u002Fyoutuber-says-cops-paid-him-a-visit-after-he-built-flock-style-camera-to-track-cops-2000824306",{"name":54,"url":55},"Tom's Hardware","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomshardware.com\u002Ftech-industry\u002Fcyber-security\u002Fcanadian-youtuber-builds-flock-like-camera-to-exclusively-track-police-vehicles-officers-visit-his-home-to-express-privacy-concerns",0,{"sections":58},[59,64,68,73,78,83,88,93,98,103,108,113,118,123],{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"AI","ai",7038,"2026-10-17T19:58:31.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":43,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Security",1001,"2026-10-17T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Policy","policy",538,"2026-10-17T19:38:12.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Deals","deals",521,"2026-10-17T07:00:00.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Hardware","hardware",260,"2026-10-17T19:55:36.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",235,"2026-10-16T23:36:26.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Science","science",202,"2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"Software","software",128,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":107},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"General","general",81,"2026-10-16T16:06:38.000Z",{"name":114,"slug":115,"count":116,"latest_published_at":117},"Gaming","gaming",77,"2026-10-17T16:59:39.000Z",{"name":119,"slug":120,"count":121,"latest_published_at":122},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":124,"slug":125,"count":126,"latest_published_at":127},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]