An Illinois college covered Flock surveillance cameras after the company refused requests to remove the devices. Mysterious workers kept uncovering them.
Six Flock security cameras were placed at Elgin Community College in April 2025 with the goal of “enhancing the safety and security of students,” according to school president Peggy Heinrich.
Rather than ‘enhancing safety,’ the cameras made students afraid
They were meant to help locate missing persons and stolen vehicles. However, after just five months of operation, the school’s administration began to worry that Flock was sharing its collected data with outsiders.
The school believed that camera feeds were not adequately protected and that law enforcement and the company itself were misusing their access to the data. Heinrich, in particular, became concerned when she learned that data captured by Flock cameras in Illinois was being shared with Customs and Border Protection…