Not really comparable between the two:

Smartphone:

- camera mostly offline unless something is happening

- recording time is usually short and focused on that thing happening right now, not everywhere

- the point of view is usually close to ground, aka less things to capture

- mostly if not always is done with a human carrying it, so you are aware of that recording

- not connected to any analytical AI software that fingerprints everything passing by

Flock:

- cameras are always online

- recording is always on 24/7 and on a wide angle

- usually at high elevation so it exposes more (like a swimming pool in your house)

- stealthy compared to a human holding a cam, just another pole in the street.

- and most importantly, that differentiate flock from even other CCTV let alone smartphones, is the network and the AI analysis that are also directly connected to law enforcement who happen to abuse it.

So yeah it’s not it even close, if you see some stranger standing next to your house for few hours let alone with a smartphone recording your house and pool, sure hell you will report them or go and confront them, not the case with flock.