#1818 Flock Cameras, ICE, and the Surveillance State Targeting Everyone

Air Date: 8/25/2026

Today we explore the resistance to Flock cameras and mass surveillance as a whole. Communities across the country are voting to cancel their tracking-camera contracts, others are filing records requests to drag secret police deals into daylight, and some people stopped waiting and went out at night with wire cutters.

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TOP TAKES

KP 1: Flock Cameras: ACLU Raises Alarm About Nationwide Surveillance Database - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-21-26

KP 2: Ohio Professor Specialized in Policing Nails Why Flock Cameras Are a Threat to Everyone - More Perfect Union - Air Date 8-16-26

KP 3: We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in Under 30 Seconds. 🫥 Part 1 - Benn Jordan - Air Date 11-16-25

KP 4: The Politics of Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Shawn Grenier | The Canvas - Air Date 8-11-26

KP 5: Copaganda / Alec Karakatsanis - This Is Hell! - Air Date 4-15-25

KP 6: Former ICE Lawyer Says the Point of Trump's ICE Is to "engender Fear" - The Current - Air Date 7-14-26

KP 7: Pushing Back On Flock Cameras with Kate Bertash - The Final Straw Radio - Air Date 4-13-25

(00:58:52) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

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DEEPER DIVES

(01:10:50) SECTION A: WHAT FLOCK ACTUALLY IS & THE BUSINESS OF SURVEILLANCE

A1: Flock Cameras Are Tracking You and Getting It Wrong (The Roman Report) - Regular Car Reviews - Air Date 7-31-26

A2: Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras - Benn Jordan - Air Date 8-26-25

A3: Flock Is Tracking People, Not Just Cars - 404 Media - Air Date 6-22-26

A4: Police Surveillance Technology - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 8-3-26

A5: We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in Under 30 Seconds. 🫥 Part 2 - Benn Jordan - Air Date 11-16-25

(01:56:22) SECTION B: BEYOND FLOCK - THE FULL SURVEILLANCE MACHINE

B1: The Panopticon Effect - 99% Invisible - Air Date 3-28-23

B2: It's Time to Take Down Your Smart Cameras 😬 - Benn Jordan - Air Date 4-2-26

B3: Police Are Buying $1M Spy SUVs - Silicon Cowboy - Air Date 8-18-26

B4: Meta Glasses Are Spying On You - imuRgency - Air Date 7-9-26

B5: Meta's New Product Is So Bad It Got Banned Immediately - House of El: AI - Air Date 7-17-26

(02:36:56) SECTION C: COPAGANDA & THE ICE ENFORCEMENT ARM

C1: Why Does ICE Want to Use Electronic Shock Gloves? - Here & Now Anytime -Air Date 8-13-26

C2: DHS Makes INSANE Purchase As Terrifying New ICE Weapon Unveiled - The Damage Report - Air Date 8-16-26

C3: School Kids Being ZAPPED with ICE Shock Gloves - Status Coup News and MeidasTouch - Air Date 8-18-26

C4: Minnesota AG Sues Texas Governor Over ICE Agent Extradition - WCCO - CBS Minnesota - Air Date 8-18-26

C5: A Note For ICE - UNFTR Media - Air Date 8-20-26

(03:02:12) SECTION D: FIGHTING BACK

D1: Inside the Vigilante Movement Destroying Flock Cameras - Stateside with Kai and Carter - Air Date 8-5-26

D2: How to Surveil the Police - 404 Media - Air Date 8-10-26

D3: ICE Just Cost Me (part of) My Job. But I'm Not Even Mad About It. News - Brenna Perez - Air Date 8-18-26

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