SignalTrace Surveillance - Worse Than Flock Cameras
The short version: Valleytech Custom Solutions spotlights SignalTrace, a lesser-known surveillance system the creator says outstrips Flock in reach — a reminder that ALPRs are just one piece of a bigger tracking puzzle.
Our Take
Credit to Valleytech Custom Solutions for digging into SignalTrace, a system most people — including us — haven't had on our radar the way Flock has dominated the conversation. That's exactly the problem with surveillance tech in 2024: for every household name like Flock Safety, there are smaller vendors building similar or more invasive tools with almost zero public scrutiny. We can't verify the specific technical claims made in the video, but the broader point lands — the surveillance industry is bigger and more fragmented than the headlines suggest.
This is why we keep saying Flock is the symptom, not the whole disease. License plate readers normalized the idea that your movements are a commodity to be logged, sold, and queried by whoever has access — cops, private companies, sometimes anyone willing to pay. Once that norm is set, it's trivial for other vendors to build adjacent systems that go further, with even less transparency and even fewer guardrails. If a company you've never heard of is already quietly deploying something 'worse than Flock,' that should worry you more than it reassures you that Flock is the biggest threat.
Our job is still to document what we can verify. Check the map to see what's already confirmed in your area, and head to take action if you want to push back on surveillance infrastructure — whatever brand name is bolted to the pole.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Valleytech Custom Solutions, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.