Welcome to If Then, the show about how technology is changing our lives and our future.

I'm April Glazer.

And I'm Will Oremus.

Hey, everyone. Welcome to If Then. We're coming to you from Slate and Future Tense, a partnership between Slate, Arizona State University, and New America.

On today's show, Reader Mail.

We'll take a lot of your questions and comments from the year, in particular about how your relationship to technology and social media has changed in a year that's been

tumultuous to say the least for tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

And then we'll talk about cybersecurity, hacks, and the sometimes bizarre legal battles that

ensue after a big data theft. We'll be joined by Josephine Wolfe, a professor of public policy

at Rochester Institute of Technology,

and the author of the new book, you'll see this message, one, it is too late, the legal and economic

aftermath of cybersecurity breaches. We'll talk to her about some of the most significant breaches

in the last decade, how those companies holding that information have been held accountable,

and what it means for the

everyday user who just wants to shop at Target.

That's all coming up on today's If Then.

All right, we've been threatening to have a listener mailbag episode for months. We're finally doing it.

We asked you to send us your responses to two questions in particular.

First, has all the news about social media this year changed your habits at all?

And then second, was there a technology that you discovered you couldn't live without this year?

Or maybe one that you realized you totally could live without.

So without further ado, let's hear what the listeners of If Then had to say.

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