The pandemic all but killed privacy. It’s not too late to bring it back. - a podcast by Marketplace

For more than a year we’ve been ensconced in our homes, but that doesn’t mean we have a lot of privacy. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic has entrenched the yearslong erosion of our privacy, according to Harvard professor emeritus Shoshana Zuboff. Powerful tech companies were already doing big business with our data. Now they’re providing the tools essential for school, work, even getting the vaccine. But Zuboff says there’s a reason to hopeful: Living online has sharply increased public concern about data privacy and lawmakers’ appetite for regulating big tech.

Here’s what we talked about today:

• “The year we gave up on privacy” from Recode


• “Everything you need to know about vaccine passports” also from Recode


• “Pharmacies score customer data in vaccine effort. Some are crying foul.” from Politico


• “Biden seeks $80 billion to boost IRS enforcement” from CNN


• “Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn’t” from The Markup

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