About

EyesOnYou gives any US address a surveillance score from 0 to 100. It pulls from public datasets only. Nothing is logged, nothing is stored.

Data Coverage

Our database currently tracks 215,618 records across 13 data sources.

0
OSM Surveillance Cameras
OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
0
OSM License Plate Readers
OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
0
IP Cameras
Shodan API
0
Enforcement Cameras
City Open Data Portals
0
Toll Booths & Gantries
OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
0
DOT Traffic Cameras
State DOT APIs
0
Surveillance Records
EFF Atlas of Surveillance
0
Police Tech Jurisdictions
EFF Atlas of Surveillance
0
Gunshot Detection Zones
Public Reporting
0
OSM Gunshot Detectors
OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
0
Surveillance Grants
USAspending.gov
0
Ring/Doorbell Partnerships
EFF Atlas / Public Records
0
Stingray/Cell-Site Simulator Agencies
ACLU (2018)

What Goes Into the Score

Camera Density22%
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
ALPR Density22%
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
Police Tech Level20%
EFF Atlas of Surveillance
Enforcement Cameras8%
City open data portals (NYC, Chicago, SF, DC, and others)
Federal Surveillance Grants8%
DHS/DOJ awards via USAspending.gov
Gunshot Detection7%
Public reporting, city records (ShotSpotter/SoundThinking)
Ring/Doorbell Partnerships6%
EFF Atlas of Surveillance, public records
DOT Traffic Cameras5%
State DOT APIs (Caltrans, WSDOT, Maryland, Austin, DC, NYC TMC, 511 systems)
IP Cameras (Shodan)2%
Shodan internet device scanning (Hikvision, Dahua, Amcrest, etc.)

Each component is scored 0 to 100 individually, then multiplied by its weight. Scores use asymptotic scaling calibrated to real US surveillance data, so the most surveilled American cities land in the 80-95 range rather than being artificially compressed. When available, city and county-level data are merged and deduplicated for a more complete picture.

Score Ranges

0 to 20
Low
21 to 40
Moderate
41 to 60
High
61 to 80
Very High
81 to 100
Extreme

What This Doesn't Capture

Private cameras (Ring, Nest, business security) are not included.

OpenStreetMap coverage varies. Urban areas are mapped more thoroughly than rural ones.

Police tech data reflects public disclosures only. Classified or secret programs won't appear.

A score of 0 means nothing was found in public data, not that nothing exists.

Data & Attribution

Camera & ALPR data
OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL license.
Police technology data
EFF Atlas of Surveillance, CC BY license.
Enforcement cameras
NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, DC, Denver, Baltimore, Seattle, Philadelphia, Portland, and other city open data portals.
DOT cameras
Caltrans, WSDOT, Maryland ArcGIS, Austin Open Data, DC DDOT, NYC TMC, 511 state systems.
Federal grants
USAspending.gov (DHS/DOJ surveillance-related awards).
Ring partnerships
EFF Atlas, public records.
Geocoding
Geocodio (primary), Nominatim (fallback).
Map tiles
CARTO.

Privacy

No addresses are logged. No cookies. No personal data collected or sold. We use Vercel Analytics to collect anonymous page visit data (page views, referrers, browser/OS info). This data is aggregated, contains no personally identifiable information, and is used solely to understand site usage. External requests go only to Geocodio or Nominatim (geocoding), Overpass API (cameras), CartoDB (map tiles), and Vercel (analytics).