Advice on a beginner off grid radio for $100
The short version: A budget off-grid radio tutorial doubles as a reminder that cutting dependence on tracked networks is part of resisting the broader surveillance stack ALPRs belong to.
Our Take
The channel Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency isn't focused on license plate readers specifically, but this video on picking up a beginner off-grid radio for about $100 touches a nerve we care about: communication that doesn't automatically phone home to a database. Whether the gear discussed is a ham radio, GMRS unit, or something similar, the appeal is the same — a channel of information exchange that isn't logged, geotagged, and retained by a corporate or government server by default.
That matters because ALPR networks like Flock Safety's don't operate in isolation. They're one piece of a much larger surveillance architecture that increasingly links your car, your phone, your payments, and soon your digital ID into a single trackable profile. Interest in off-grid tools is a symptom of the same unease driving our work: people are realizing that opting out of total visibility takes deliberate effort, not luck. We can't verify every technical claim in a video like this, so treat it as a starting point for your own research rather than gospel.
If you're thinking about what's already watching you on the road, check our camera map to see Flock and other ALPR deployments near you, and visit our take-action page for concrete steps to push back on unaccountable surveillance in your community.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.