“…The programs (and anti-programs) of action are always a "negotiation" process between the various actors involved, ranging from the human (the engineers, coders, users, manufacturers, vendors and advertisers) to the non-human(smartphones, computers, data networks, etc.). 9 For more on the public safety expenditure in Rio de Janeiro, seeCardoso (2016) andPauschinger (2017), and for more on the relationship between mega-events and expenses related to security technologies, seeBennet & Haggerty (2012) andGiulianotti & Klauser (2010).10 The ICCCs bring together in the same space the various institutions involved in public security.11 Technical overdetermination is the idea that the functioning of a given technological system is entirely embedded in the system itself, ignoring the central role played by its users/operators, which often leads to neglecting their training process, in turn leading to problems in the system's functioning.12 This was a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, led by the Brazilian Army. Although it is not possible to further develop this line of thinking in the present article, MINUSTAH also was an important moment for understanding the rise of militarized managerialism.…”