@thedylanschmidtDylan Schmidt

🌴 AI, privacy, and surveillance ✉️ hello@dylanschmidt.com

card updated Nov 9, 2026 · 10 clips parsed · following 50 · 4,400,000 likes total

Engagement14.93%above average

Account summary

@thedylanschmidt has 59,100 followers and 132 videos. Across the 10 parsed clips the average is 260,418 views and 32,749 likes. Engagement to views is 14.93%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−6.56 pp). Posts roughly 0.5 times a week. An average clip reaches 441% of the follower count.

Followers

59.1K

+0 in period

Engagement

14.93%

−6.56 pp newer half

Average views

260.4K

median 43.8K

Likes per clip

32.7K

379 comments avg

Shares / saves

5.7K / 4.7K

1.8% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.5 / wk

reach 441% of followers

Latest clips

10 collected

ICE just renewed their license for this car forensic tool that grabs d — @thedylanschmidt

36.8K0:33ICE just renewed their license for this car forensic tool that grabs data off every phone that’s ever connected to it2K92510523

A new report from WIRED reveals Flock Safety’s AI lets police search d — @thedylanschmidt

11K0:41A new report from WIRED reveals Flock Safety’s AI lets police search drivers using multi-source data84346112191

Joseph Cox at 404 Media reports how ICE tracks people's home addresses — @thedylanschmidt

22.5K0:40Joseph Cox at 404 Media reports how ICE tracks people's home addresses by purchasing credit card application data from d92929156212

An Israeli surveillance firm is selling American police cheap spy vans — @thedylanschmidt

7.1K0:30An Israeli surveillance firm is selling American police cheap spy vans, then upselling them AI that digs through police 39283367

Grocery Outlet stores in the bay area are the latest deploying SAFR fa — @thedylanschmidt

55K0:40Grocery Outlet stores in the bay area are the latest deploying SAFR facial recognition software.5K2581.1K1K

The Institute for Justice just documented dozens of innocent drivers s — @thedylanschmidt

126.3K0:31The Institute for Justice just documented dozens of innocent drivers stopped for a bad plate scan10.5K1581.7K985

The plate cameras from Leonardo are already in all 50 states. Joseph C — @thedylanschmidt

570.4K0:31The plate cameras from Leonardo are already in all 50 states. Joseph Cox at 404 Media reported about the system, called 58K1.6K13.4K11.3K

Police across the country are using license plate cameras to stalk the — @thedylanschmidt

1.7M0:32Police across the country are using license plate cameras to stalk their exes, girlfriends, and in one Florida case a co242.2K1.5K39.6K30.6K

50.7K0:35A brand new Citizen Lab report reveals all someone needs to track your phone is your number, because the global network 5K703531.4K

Ken Klippenstein reports how Homeland Security is quietly in the proce — @thedylanschmidt

24.4K0:30Ken Klippenstein reports how Homeland Security is quietly in the process of making glasses that let federal agents ID yo2.7K87505586

Engagement per clip

10 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 16.7% ER

Apr 21Jul 20Aug 31

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Aug 31, 2026	36,800	1,977	92	510	523	7.01%
Aug 19, 2026	11,000	843	46	112	191	9.10%
Jul 22, 2026	22,500	929	29	156	212	4.95%
Jul 21, 2026	7,078	392	8	33	67	6.12%
Jul 20, 2026	55,000	4,991	258	1,136	1,015	11.61%
Jul 1, 2026	126,300	10,500	158	1,686	985	9.77%
Jun 10, 2026	570,400	58,000	1,580	13,400	11,288	12.79%
May 1, 2026	1,700,000	242,200	1,462	39,600	30,606	16.66%
Apr 23, 2026	50,700	4,993	70	353	1,411	10.68%
Apr 21, 2026	24,400	2,666	87	505	586	13.35%