Our lives moved online in 2020. Too bad privacy laws didn't.
View on the web   The year we gave up on privacy It looked like online privacy rights were going to have a banner year. California was implementing its CCPA, the strongest privacy legislation the country has ever seen. There were a number of bills floated in Congress that would take some of those protections nationwide. And notoriously privacy-bashing companies like Facebook were starting to see consequences for collecting so much data about their users and distributing it freely. Then Covid-19 hit.
Over the course of the pandemic, many Americans have given up on certain aspects of digital privacy. It was a necessity in some cases, as digital contact tracing meant there was some public health benefit in giving up details about your health and location. Meanwhile, those bills in Congress got put off, and the push for privacy regulations seems secondary to fighting the virus and restoring the economy. Will Americans return to fight for their privacy when the public health crisis is over? Or has the pandemic changed the way we live online for good?
Recode's Sara Morrison reviews the extraordinary year for digital privacy and how it stands to shape the future. | | | | | | | | | | | The butt pajamas will follow you forever After seeing the onesie ad no less than six(!) times while I read the Shkreli love screed, my phone started buzzing ceaselessly for quite literally hours on end by other readers who were bombarded with butt. [ Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo ] | | |  | Look at this crazy caterpillar. | | | | |  | | Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036.
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