The 404 Media Podcast

Ring Is Back and Scarier Than Ever

Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2026 · 50 min

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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.

Timestamps:

- Intro

- Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad

- With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet:

SUBSCRIBER'S STORY - FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled

YouTube version: youtu.be/0JK-VSrtlWw

• Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad (404media.co/watch-404-medias-super-bowl-ad)

• With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet (404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built…)

• FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled (404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporter…)

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