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Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

by pkaeding on 12/6/2025, 3:16:35 AM

https://haveibeenflocked.com/

Comments

by: tptacek

Besides the obvious privacy concern: at the very least in my state (Illinois), it&#x27;s not lawful for public bodies to disclose the license plate numbers read from ALPR cameras, so this data set is necessarily incomplete.<p>But, give it a year or two, and you can replace this whole website with a black background and 72 point white bold text &quot;YES&quot;.

12/6/2025, 4:34:23 AM


by: pilingual

Put up billboards around metros with a license plate reader that queries this database with each passing car and announce &quot;White Tesla Model Y XYZ-1234 You&#x27;ve been focked for: Inv&quot;<p>What a sick society we live in.

12/6/2025, 4:59:44 AM


by: opengrass

Have I ran out of 100,000 requests?

12/6/2025, 4:57:26 AM


by: bix6

Interesting I can’t access this over VPN

12/6/2025, 5:09:50 AM


by: habinero

I love these kinds of sites, since they&#x27;re indistinguishable from honeypots. Sure, have my license plate and the information that I&#x27;m worried about being watched.

12/6/2025, 4:03:44 AM


by: user3939382

Can’t wait for the Flock Equifax&#x2F;SouthParkWereSorry-esque breach announcement any day. I should start a betting pool w my friends.

12/6/2025, 4:51:25 AM


by: onetokeoverthe

just enter 10 license numbers.

12/6/2025, 4:09:08 AM