BITSVISION™ LPR & Face Recognition Camera | Long Range Number Plate Camera | Smart Security CCTV
The short version: A vendor demo from Bits and Bytes Computers shows how cheaply anyone can now buy a combined license-plate-and-face-recognition camera, no warrant required.
Our Take
This isn't a Flock Safety product, but that's exactly why it matters. Bits and Bytes Computers walks through the BITSVISION™ camera like it's a routine home security upgrade, bundling long-range plate capture with face recognition into one box you can apparently just buy. A few years ago, that kind of combined ALPR-plus-biometric capability was mostly the domain of police departments and well-funded surveillance vendors. Now it's marketed like a doorbell cam.
That's the real story here: the technical and financial barriers to deploying serious tracking infrastructure keep collapsing. Once plate reads and face matches can be logged by any landlord, HOA, or small business owner, the data doesn't stay local — it gets shared, sold, or subpoenaed, often with none of the policies or audit trails that even flawed police ALPR programs are supposed to have. A neighborhood full of these cameras can reconstruct who came and went, when, and how often, without a single warrant ever being issued.
We're not saying this specific product is tied to any police network, and we credit Bits and Bytes Computers for an unusually candid demo of what these tools can actually do. But it's a preview of where unregulated plate-and-face surveillance is headed if nobody pushes back. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your streets, and visit take-action to push for real limits before this becomes the default.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Bits and Bytes Computers, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.