Detect Flock Cameras With Flock-Noir #countersurviellence #esp32
The short version: A hobbyist's ESP32 project called Flock-Noir hints at DIY tools for sniffing out Flock ALPR hardware, a sign the detection arms race is going grassroots.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Valleytech Custom Solutions is tinkering with something a lot of us have wished existed — a cheap, open way to sniff out Flock Safety cameras before you drive past one. Built on an ESP32, a board that costs a few bucks and already powers half the maker internet, this kind of project is exactly what happens when a surveillance company tries to blanket American roads with hardware and assumes nobody will build a countermeasure.
We don't know yet how reliable Flock-Noir is at actually fingerprinting these units, and we're not going to oversell a hashtag and a chip name. But the bigger story here isn't one gadget — it's the fact that regular people are now treating ALPR detection as a solvable engineering problem, not a lost cause. That mirrors the whole reason this site exists: Flock's network only works if it stays invisible and unquestioned.
If you want to skip the soldering iron, you can already check for known camera locations near you on our map, and if you'd rather fight this at the policy level — city council meetings, public records requests, local ordinances — our take action page has the playbook.
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.