{"id":601,"date":"2026-01-14T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/podcast-the-ice-tool-that-tracks-entire-neighborhoods\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:00:53","slug":"podcast-the-ice-tool-that-tracks-entire-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/podcast-the-ice-tool-that-tracks-entire-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We start this week with Joseph\u2019s article about Webloc, a tool ICE bought that can monitor phones in entire neighborhoods. After the break, Emanuel and Sam talk about their recent coverage of Grok. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains how police inadvertently unmasked millions of their surveillance targets through a Flock redaction error.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the weekly podcast on\u00a0Apple Podcasts,\u00a0Spotify, or\u00a0YouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode&#8217;s bonus content and to power our journalism.\u00a0If 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. 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