Flock’s Enforcer Moves To Scrub Map Exposing Its 300,000-Device Network

A brand-protection firm is working to take down a map that shows Flock Safety’s artificial intelligence-powered camera network is larger than the company publicly stated.

Cybersecurity researcher Joshua Michael published a map on Wednesday showing more than 300,000 Flock devices across the U.S., including more than 170,000 Flock cameras. Doppel, an “AI-native social engineering defense platform,” filed a trademark complaint Thursday to have the map removed, the Intercept reported.

These findings arise as lawmakers heard statements about the issues surrounding these cameras in a Wednesday Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Crime and Counterterrorism.

Michael built his “Flock Surveillance Map” with Flock location data he extracted with a public login key the company had left exposed, according to The Intercept. He said he first told Flock about the leak in Nov. 2025, but the company only responded after he reached out a third time to say it was looking into the problem. The surveillance company never followed up after that, Michael told the Intercept

Flock previously stated it operates roughly 120,000 cameras on Aug. 2, according to the Washington Post.

Critics of the cameras argue Flock should be more concerned about citizens’ privacy than its own.

“[I]t is ridiculous that a company that clearly does not care about other people’s privacy at all is suddenly incredibly worried about its own privacy, and and I would say that if there is a group out there that is actively trying to protect Flock’s privacy, maybe their efforts would be better concentrated on protecting the privacy of everybody else,” Chad Marlow, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Marlow was among those who testified at Wednesday’s hearing.

“[I]n general, Flock has been absolutely horrendous when it comes to securing its data and its network and its cameras. I think that’s been demonstrated over and over again,” Marlow added.

Flock Safety and Doppel did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s requests for comment.