Escape From Yahoo!

Escape From Yahoo!

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Manoush has a secret tech shame: a Yahoo email address. Even with the (three) hacks, the company’s sale to Verizon, and its plummeting cool factor, she’s stayed. Call it loyalty, inertia, or a bad case of privacy paradox.

We heard from many of you, listeners, about your own digital traps. The services you just can’t seem to log out of, even when you probably should. This week: the tech loyalties we keep past their expiration date. And how to extricate yourself - logistically and emotionally. Plus, what happens when big companies like Verizon buy big companies like Yahoo. Because it happens a lot, and there are casualties besides your pride.

With Brian Feldman, writer for New York Magazine, and Andy Yen, founder of ProtonMail. Maybe the best escape hatch is an encrypted folder in Switzerland.