Avoid license plate cameras
The short version: Kim Komando's podcast flags a route-around-ALPR app and the Fusus camera-fusion system, underscoring why tracking and avoiding plate readers matters.
Our Take
Credit to Kim Komando Podcasts for putting plate-reader avoidance in front of a mainstream audience. When a consumer tech show is telling listeners there's an app to route around license plate cameras, that's a sign the surveillance sprawl has gotten big enough that ordinary drivers are looking for an exit ramp — literally.
The Fusus mention is the real story here. Fusus isn't just another camera; it's a platform that stitches together ALPR feeds, doorbell cams, and private security footage into one real-time dashboard for police. That's a massive expansion of what a single plate read can connect to, and most people have no idea their neighborhood's cameras might be piped into it. Routing apps help individual drivers dodge a scan here and there, but they don't change the fact that these networks are being built quietly, city by city, often without public votes.
Knowing where the cameras are is step one. We built our camera map so you can see what's actually watching your routes, and our take-action page has tools for pushing back at the local level, where these decisions actually get made.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Kim Komando Podcasts, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.