A leaked presentation indicates the surveillance company Flock planned to expand its license-plate collection network by using large numbers of rideshare and delivery drivers as mobile cameras. The document describes pulling license-plate data from vehicles equipped with dashcams, including those used by Uber, Lyft and delivery services.
According to the accounts cited by different outlets, the proposal targets scale—reportedly involving around 350,000 drivers and vehicles—suggesting an intent to create or strengthen a nationwide plate-scanning capability. One outlet frames the material as evidence of a plan to turn rideshare and delivery drivers into a fleet for plate scanning. Another reports that a public-records request produced the presentation.
The reporting centers on the contents of the presentation rather than confirmed deployment details, and it does not, in the provided excerpts, establish whether the plan is implemented, when it would occur, or how data would be governed. The documents described are used to characterize Flock’s intended approach to collecting license-plate information through passively operated vehicle cameras.
