The Hidden Cameras You Can't Avoid

无法回避的隐蔽摄像头

What A Day

2026-08-08

18 分钟
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Automated License Plate Readers have been sweeping the country, with cameras popping up outside of stores and alongside roads in communities big and small. The largest manufacturer of those cameras is Flock, with around 100,000 readers in use across the country. According to Flock, the cameras are a boon to law enforcement. But as they become more prevalent, people are protesting their use – even blocking their views or destroying them. NewsNation reportedearlier this week that 23 jurisdictions have cancelled contracts with Flock, citing privacy concerns. And as tech reporter Drew Harwell wrote for The Washington Post, some law enforcement officers are even using Flock cameras to stalk exes. And in headlines, the U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, the Senate overwhelmingly approves a Russian sanctions package, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement says its field officers across the country will have body-worn cameras by the end of September. Show Notes: Check out Drew's piece – https://tinyurl.com/yjtbsf44 Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com
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  • These things don't have a big sign saying, like, this is the flop camera you're being watched.

  • They are really designed to be hidden.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show saying toodaloo to Tennessee Republican Representative Andy Ogles.

  • The Trump-backed candidate who has said that both Muslims

  • and gay people have no place in the United States lost his primary on Thursday night.

  • Ogles also supported rewriting the Constitution so that President Donald Trump,

  • but not former President Barack Obama, could run for a third term.

  • Hey, Andy, since you won't be busy next year,

  • could you explain what you did with the $23,000 you raised in 2014 for a cemetery for stillborn babies?

  • You know, the cemetery you didn't build.

  • I'm just curious.

  • On today's show, we talked to The Washington Post's Drew Harwell

  • about how bad cops are using flock cameras to stalk everyday Americans.

  • Before we get into that flocking mess, here's what we're following today, Friday, August 7th.

  • I was in Iowa at a stop.

  • And we had 195, another one, 185 a gallon.

  • And we'll see those days pretty soon again, based on everything I see, as soon as the war ends.

  • And I think it's going to end pretty soon.

  • I don't think they can go much longer.

  • That was President Trump on Thursday.