Hey, everybody. It's Monday, February 16th, 2026. I'm Alison Gill. And I'm Dana Goldberg, and you're watching Beans Talk.

Hey, everyone. Welcome to another week in the life of the regime. Jesus, I don't know what else to say either.

This is the Big Brother surveillance state.

I don't know how the Republicans lost the plot on spying on people, but they have.

Yeah, everyone seems to be fine with it on the other side.

Yeah, but something pretty amazing happened this week.

And, you know, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was amazing, but something else happened

during the Super Bowl that had a massive impact due to political backlash. And it's because of us

that this happened. First, watch this video from We Rate Dogs. We all love a good, wholesome dog commercial.

And over the years, numerous companies have utilized dogs in Super Bowl ads to advertise all kinds of products.

But Ring's Super Bowl ad this year uses our love of dogs to do something else,

which is, unfortunately, manufactured consent for mass surveillance.

The commercial opens with an adorable puppy and a sad statistic that 10 million dogs go missing every year.

It then explains how Ring's new AI search party feature can locate lost pets, giving the ad a happy ending.

But neither Ring's products nor business model are built around finding lost pets.

But rather creating a lucrative mass surveillance network by turning private homes into surveillance outposts,

and well-meaning neighbors into informants for ICE and other government agencies.

Ring has stated that it does not have a partnership with ICE.

They do, however, have a partnership with Flock Safety, a private surveillance firm and

license plate tracking system that provides data, including ring footage, to law enforcement

agencies through a warrantless and anonymous community request service, which is then turned

over to ICE, the FBI, and even the Navy.

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