WatchMap
A community-driven map of surveillance cameras in your neighborhood showing where ALPRs, Flock, and other cameras are, who owns them, and what data they collect, plus a one-tap public records request generator.
Privacy-conscious residents and visitors who want to know what surveillance covers their daily routes
- Coverage map: crowdsourced pins for ALPRs, Flock cameras, and Ring-style doorbells covering public spaces, each with ownership and data policy
- Plate-log digest: after a drive, get a daily summary of which cameras logged your plate where data is publicly available
- FOIA letter generator: pre-filled, jurisdiction-specific public records requests for camera footage that captured you
- Travel alert: notifies you when you enter a heavily surveilled zone so you can decide your route
The Guardian documents at least 33 vigilante incidents across 23 states, Flock operates in about 6,000 communities, and several cities are already shutting down ALPR contracts; public anger is at a breaking point and tools that help residents engage legally are needed.
DeFlock alone has mapped 16,000+ ALPR cameras globally; Flock operates 80,000+ cameras in 5,000+ agencies; 30+ cities have canceled Flock contracts since 2025 and Hacker News story drew 164 points/88 comments — confirmed active community interest.DeFlock Maps 16,000+ ALPR Cameras. Cops Tried to Kill It. ↗Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras ↗
Market is already crowded with free, well-funded open-source competitors: DeFlock (16k+ cameras, EFF legal backing, Google Play app), BanditKin, ALPRMaps.com, panopti.ca, Banish Big Brother, get-map.org, and OpenStreetMap's native 219k-camera surveillance layer.Flock & ALPR Camera Map — Find & Avoid Cameras Near You ↗ALPR Maps - Crowdsourced Map of Flock Safety & ALPR Cameras ↗OSM-Camera - The CCTV map (based on OpenStreetMap data) ↗
Every identified competitor (DeFlock, BanditKin, ALPRMaps, panopti.ca, OSM-Camera) is free/open-source; no evidence of users paying for surveillance-map apps, and privacy-cautious users are unlikely to pay or trust a paid data collector.Flock & ALPR Camera Map — Find & Avoid Cameras Near You ↗ALPR Maps - Crowdsourced Map of Flock Safety & ALPR Cameras ↗
Sustained structural tailwind: 30+ cities canceled Flock contracts in 2025, ongoing class-action suits (San José), EFF institutional backing, Flock's $4.6B scale keeps the issue politically alive.DeFlock Maps 16,000+ ALPR Cameras. Cops Tried to Kill It. ↗
Building the map layer is non-trivial because Flock has issued cease-and-desist letters and the entrenched DeFlock/OSM ecosystem has network effects; however, the public-records-request-generator feature is straightforward to build on top of existing templates.DeFlock Maps 16,000+ ALPR Cameras. Cops Tried to Kill It. ↗