OuiSPY Assembly - Flock-You LPR Camera Detector
The short version: HackedExistence walks through building Colonel Panic's OuiSpy, a cheap open-source gadget that beeps when it detects Flock Safety or Raven ALPR cameras.
Our Take
Credit to HackedExistence for demystifying the OuiSpy build — a low-cost, open-source kit from Colonel Panic that turns an ESP32 board and a buzzer into a pocket-sized ALPR detector. The "Flock-You" mode is the headline feature: it sniffs for the wireless signatures of Flock Safety and Raven camera hardware and alerts you when you roll past one. That's a meaningful shift. For years, ALPR deployment has relied on the public simply not noticing the boxes on utility poles. Tools like this chip away at that information asymmetry.
What makes this project matter beyond the novelty is the GPS logging feature. Pairing the OuiSpy with an Android device lets you tag a camera's location the moment you detect it, and that data can feed directly into crowdsourced mapping efforts. This is exactly the kind of grassroots documentation that keeps our camera map accurate and growing — every logged location is one more data point showing how far this surveillance network has spread into ordinary neighborhoods without public debate.
None of this requires an engineering degree, which is the point. Open hardware and open firmware mean the community isn't dependent on companies or governments to disclose where these cameras live. If you want to do more than just watch, check our take-action page for ways to get involved, whether that's building your own detector, submitting sightings, or pushing back on local ALPR contracts.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of HackedExistence, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.