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  "description": "Ring is back with a feature for scanning your neighborhood; we bought a Super Bowl ad; and how Lockdown Mode stopped the FBI.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T14:00:18.000Z",
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    "_Apple Podcasts_",
    "_Spotify_",
    "YouTube",
    "⁠Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad⁠",
    "⁠With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet⁠",
    "⁠FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled⁠"
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  "textContent": "We start this week with exciting news: we bought a Super Bowl ad! For… $2,550. We explain how. After the break, Jason tells us about Ring’s recently launched Search Party feature, and gives us a very timely reminder of what Ring really is and how we got here. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph breaks down Lockdown Mode and how it kept the FBI out of a Washington Post reporter’s phone.\n\nListen to the weekly podcast on  _Apple Podcasts_ _,_****_Spotify_, or YouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode's bonus content and to power our journalism. **If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. It will also be in the show notes in your podcast player.**\n\n  * 2:49 ⁠Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad⁠\n  * 27:29 ⁠With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet⁠\n  * Subscriber's story: ⁠FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled⁠\n\n",
  "title": "Podcast: Ring Is Back and Scarier Than Ever",
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