Drones, TikTok & Luigi Mangione have us asking: who’s watching us?

From the drones over New Jersey, to the surveillance cameras that captured Luigi Mangione, to even TikTok – our movements, our likeness, even our shopping habits can be tracked. But how did we get to this point? Host Brittany Luse sits down with NPR Cybersecurity Correspondent Jenna McLaughlin and the Brennan Center for Justice’s Faiza Patel to get into just how much of our daily lives are up for grabs.

Then, Brittany turns the page to the best books of 2024. She is joined by NPR Arts Desk reporter Andrew Limbong and Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks podcast to rank the good, the bad, and the “I just can’t put it down.”

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