Proton Is Hosting a Map of 300,000+ Surveillance Devices

Key Points:

• A public map detailing Flock Safety’s surveillance network, created by researcher Joshua Michael using data exposed on Flock’s own website, remains online after Proton moved it to Swiss servers in response to a trademark complaint aimed at removing it.
• The dataset includes over 300,000 Flock-associated devices as of December 2025, such as cameras, acoustic detectors, and processing units, allowing residents to search by ZIP code to see surveillance infrastructure near them.
• Michael accessed the data using a publicly exposed access token on Flock’s site that required no login, which Flock addressed after being notified; however, Flock denies this constituted a hack or leak, and the legal classification of the exposure remains disputed.
• In September 2026, a trademark complaint was filed by a vendor on Flock’s behalf to remove the map, citing potential consumer confusion, but Proton’s decision to host the map in Switzerland leverages local legal protections to resist foreign takedown demands.
• Proton frames its hosting of the map as a commitment to transparency about surveillance infrastructure, while the trademark complaint and Proton’s legal stance have not been resolved by a court.