Mic Drop: Predator mode

Drones promised progress—lifesavers in floods, storytellers in newsrooms, even assistants to archaeologists. But somewhere along the way, they took a darker turn. Now they hover over protests, shadow 911 calls, and surveil our neighborhoods from above. This week, researcher Faine Greenwood on how we normalized the hum of surveillance—and why all this is starting to resemble something much more authoritarian Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices