Nah. Flock is a YC business, and they've been extremely insecure about the press they get (versus, say Palantir).

It's about time that we start naming-and-shaming people that promote surveillance using strawmen and scapegoats.

Yes, in fact it would be better without the last sentence. If one wishes to have a productive discussion, assuming bad faith on the part of your interlocutor is not the way to go about it. That just leads to flame wars.