Flock Safety pitched turning rideshare vehicles into surveillance tools

The proposal centered on a partnership with Nexar, a manufacturer of dashcams already popular among rideshare workers. Internal documents obtained by 404 Media through a public records request show Flock marketed this plan to officials in Georgia, outlining an ambition to incorporate roughly 350,000 vehicles into its data-collection net. This fleet would have supplemented the company’s current coverage, which relies heavily on cameras installed by businesses and homeowners' associations.

While Flock maintains the Nexar deal never materialized, the document underscores the company’s aggressive strategy to broaden its data sources. Questions remain regarding whether rideshare companies or their individual drivers were ever informed that their vehicles were being positioned as mobile sensors for law enforcement. Neither Uber, Lyft, nor Nexar provided comment on the proposal. This revelation aligns with Flock's previous attempts to integrate disparate data streams, including earlier efforts to link license plates to specific individuals using leaked databases.