Flock is facing a surveillance backlash. Meanwhile, its drone business is booming

For much of the last year, security cameras sold by the tech firm Flock Safety have been blacked out, painted over, even wrapped in trash bags. Roundly criticized for ushering in high-tech surveillance, the company’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) have not only been broken, but banned by cities across the nation . However, at the same time the ALPR backlash has been brewing, a contributor to financial challenges for the company , Flock has seen a different part of its business literally