alpr.watch
Camera map service in Privacy & security
Maps license plate reader cameras and offers alerts; commenters find its presentation easier to read than DeFlocked's map.
6 people recommended alpr.watch in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
4 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “alpr.watch”.
Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 2 of 12 months
In 3 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 3 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 4 of its 6 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 6 of the 6 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as useful, great work
“This is incredible, great work and will definitely be using and sharing this!”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “alpr.watch” “This is a very useful site”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “alpr.watch”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeFlock | 19 | 4 | 4 | 83% | 9 | — | Approved |
| alpr.watchThis page | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 opinions about it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If you wanna go a little further than leaving milquetoast comments on the internet”
“This is incredible, great work and will definitely be using and sharing this!”
“We need that for Europe, too.”
“This is a very useful site”
“The presentation is easier for me than how DeFlocked's map groups cameras”
“I went ahead and signed up; I live in a pretty dense part of the US…”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.