{"podcast":{"title":"Crashed","slug":"crashed-7542126","podcast_index_feed_id":7542126,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/crashed","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1760700774961-cd2f6012-99f8-449a-8fa6-3a0e8b296f42.jpeg","author":"Alex Hudson","episode_count":49,"summary":"In the Crashed podcast, the tech podcast about everything else, hosts Alex Hudson (@alexhuds) and Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) delve into the complexities of technology and its implications on politics, business and wider society. It’s smart, it’s nerdy and it’s two journalists trying to make sense of a complex tech landscape in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T14:23:14.783224+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126"},"episode":{"title":"Surveillance state expands as police roll out AI facial recognition","slug":"surveillance-state-expands-as-police-roll-out-ai-facial-recognition","published_at":"2026-05-07T05:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126/surveillance-state-expands-as-police-roll-out-ai-facial-recognition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126","url":"https://shows.acast.com/crashed/episodes/surveillance-state-expands-as-police-roll-out-ai-facial-reco","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea/e/69fbbf8c8c59df7dd5fb1851/media.mp3","summary":"Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker explore the rise of surveillance technology, particularly by police, with investigative journalist Mark Wilding, of Liberty Investigates.  They also discuss digital ID systems, what self-sovereign identity would mean in practice, why nobody should say “purdah” any more, and the cultural significance of moustaches. Keywords: surveillance, digital ID, facial recognition, government policy, privacy, societal impact, technology ethics Key topics: Facial recognition and privacy concerns. Digital ID and government surveillance. To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcast Follow: Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker  / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker explore the rise of surveillance technology, particularly by police, with investigative journalist Mark Wil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3560,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crashed-7542126/episodes/surveillance-state-expands-as-police-roll-out-ai-facial-recognition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126/surveillance-state-expands-as-police-roll-out-ai-facial-recognition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}