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The Download: taking the temperature of snow, and the future of privacy

Rhiannon Williams

created: May 14, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: May 19, 2025, 12:14 p.m.

However, observers fear that any such advances could be undercut by the Trump administration’s cutbacks across federal agencies. —James TempleMIT Technology Review Narrated: What’s next for our privacy? But recent enforcement actions against data brokers may offer some new protections for Americans’ personal information. This is our latest story to be turned into a MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we’re publishing each week on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it’s released.

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