Megan McCarty Carino

I'm Megan McCarty Carino.

For years, consumers have worried about how the private sector, namely big tech, handles their personal data.

Now, a new survey from the Center for Democracy and Technology suggests a large majority are also concerned about how the federal government uses their data.

We spoke with Elizabeth Laird, director of equity and civic technology at CDT, to learn more.

Yeah, I mean, the stability of the response across all of these different, you know, kind of subsections that that you break down is pretty remarkable.

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We're back with Elizabeth Laird at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Were there specific kinds of data or uses of data that respondents in your survey were particularly worried about?

What are the implications of this kind of mistrust in federal data practices?

That was Elizabeth Laird at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Daniel Shin produced this episode.

I'm Megan McCarty Carino, and that's Marketplace Tech.

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NBA player John Tay Porter was having an unremarkable season back in 2024.

The big man for the Toronto Raptors averaged only about four and a half points a game.

He'd barely begun playing in this matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies when he went out with what appeared to be an eye injury.

Clippers after four and a half minutes, complaining of eye pain.

And later in the season, playing the Sacramento Kings, made it a mere two minutes and 43 seconds.

Porter admitted to coordinating with a group of gamblers to underperform in those two games.