Have you ever tried to read the different privacy policies of all the apps on your phone?  No one has!  Our next guest tried to see how much reading he would have to do to get through all of it and it came out to 1 million words.  It’s one of the ongoing discussions around what data is collected and how it is shared, but rarely does anyone get through it, much less understand it all.  To that end, tech companies are trying to simplify the language of these policies and make it more digestible.  Lawmakers are even working on legislation that could make the policies clearer.  Geoffrey Fowler, tech columnist at the Washington Post, joins us for how we could use technology to protect our privacy, not just invade it.

 

Next, plant-based food has come a long way in the last decade and has much more to go, but it hasn’t always tasted the best and it’s a hurdle that companies will have to overcome as we look to the future.  Many companies are still banking on a plant-based future as they continue to pour billions of dollars into the industry, but to capture the stomachs of more customers they will have to battle rising meat consumption and continue to improve flavors.  Kenny Torrella, reporter at Vox, tells us what he’s learned from months of eating vegan food samples.

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