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Privacy August 6, 2026

25 Surveillance Statistics You Should Know

Scale

  1. 70 billion: Face images in Clearview AI’s database, scraped from the internet
  2. 20 billion: License plates scanned monthly by Flock Safety alone
  3. 80,000+: Flock Safety ALPR cameras across 49 US states
  4. 5.2 million: Estimated CCTV cameras in the UK
  5. 600 million: Estimated surveillance cameras in China

Sentinel data

  1. 498,500: Surveillance records in the Sentinel database
  2. 104: Countries covered
  3. 10: Camera types tracked
  4. 54,153: Speed cameras mapped globally
  5. 8,625: ALPR readers mapped

Privacy gaps

  1. 83.6%: Browsers with a unique fingerprint (EFF research)
  2. 60-70: Average times a US license plate is scanned per month
  3. 4-8 hours: Time for Apple’s AirTag anti-stalking alert to trigger
  4. 896%: Increase in AirTag stalking reports (UK, 2018-2024)
  5. 239: Hidden camera detector apps on the iOS App Store

Industry

  1. $130 billion: Global surveillance industry revenue
  2. $4.9 billion: Counter-drone market (growing to $36B by 2035)
  3. $6.12 billion: WiFi analytics market (retail tracking)
  4. $2.7 billion: Counter-surveillance market
  5. $0: Venture capital in consumer physical counter-surveillance

Regulation

  1. 3,000+: US law enforcement agencies using Clearview AI
  2. 466: Times ICE used cell-site simulators (2017-2019)
  3. 0: Federal US laws restricting facial recognition use by police
  4. 4: US cities that have banned government facial recognition
  5. 30 days: Default Flock Safety data retention (many agencies extend to years)

See for yourself

These aren’t abstract statistics. They represent cameras, readers, and sensors deployed in your community right now.

Open Sentinel and search your address. The number might surprise you.

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