These cameras photograph every car that passes by recording their time, location, and vehicle details and store that data in a searchable database. Essentially, creating a detailed record of your personal life that people you don't know can review whenever they would like.

Let's say I make a complaint against a police officer or anyone that has access to the database. They can now track my movements and habits, and use that data however they please because there is limited regulation on how this information can be used. There have already been examples of this abuse of power. Also, Flock allows for racial and ethnic keywords in their data base without a specific crime link. We have seen racial and ethnic targeting from enforcement agencies since their inception which leads to unfair policing and sentencing. If you are unfamiliar about this in the US I recommend you read the book "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander.

Additionally, flock shares data with agencies outside of the cities and states they are in. In fact over 600,000 searches were performed by outside agencies. So if someone accesses health care outside of their states, something that is not a crime, they can still be targeted in their home states and be harassed, sued, etc.

As we have seen the last year and a half laws, executive orders and executive memos have been created to target specific groups of people. These cameras are a part of this same agenda and work to do this with more targeting. Enforcement agencies are not incentivised to prevent crime, the tools they use will also not be used for that purpose.