How You Can Find Out If They're Surveilling You
The short version: Guy Christensen's video is a blunt wake-up call that ALPR surveillance is closer and more pervasive than most people assume, and you can actually check for yourself.
Our Take
Guy Christensen's message is simple and it lands: if you feel like you're being watched, you probably are. That instinct isn't paranoia anymore — it's a reasonable response to the thousands of automated license plate readers that Flock Safety and similar vendors have quietly bolted onto street poles, intersections, and neighborhood entrances across the country. Most drivers have no idea these cameras exist until someone points them out, which is exactly the problem.
What makes this video useful isn't just the alarm it raises, it's the push toward action. Knowing you're being tracked is step one. Finding the actual hardware, documenting it, and pushing back through your local government is step two. We built our camera map precisely so people don't have to take this on faith — you can see what's been reported in your own area and add what you find.
Credit to Christensen for putting this in plain terms and telling people to 'deflock yourselves' rather than wait for someone else to fix it. That's the right instinct. If this video got you looking over your shoulder, channel that energy into something concrete — check our take-action page for ways to speak up at city council meetings, file public records requests, and get these systems on the record before they become permanent infrastructure nobody remembers voting for.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Guy Christensen, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.