Proton Flock Camera Map

Proton’s Flock Camera Map lets people search by ZIP code, explore locations, filter devices by capability, and plan car routes near Flock cameras. Its purpose is to show where private automated license plate readers operate and help residents make informed decisions about surveillance in their communities. The cameras photograph every passing vehicle, recording its license plate, time, and location. Flock’s Vehicle Fingerprint feature can also capture a vehicle’s make, model, color, dents, and bumper stickers, potentially identifying it even when its plate cannot be read. Police departments can search the stored records and share them with other agencies across city and state lines; Flock says its network processes more than 20 billion vehicle reads monthly in 49 states.

The map’s locations come from a device inventory retrieved from Flock’s systems by security researcher Joshua Michael after discovering, in November 2025, that an access token was publicly obtainable without logging in. His December inventory lists more than 170,000 cameras and over 130,000 other devices - about 40% more cameras than Flock’s publicly cited figure of 120,000. The map reflects a December 2025 snapshot, so it may not show later installations or removals. The page highlights risks from broad access to vehicle-tracking data: a Washington Post review found at least 50 officers accused or charged with misusing license plate readers, with Flock’s system involved in 46 cases.