Microprocessing

Your Teenage Email Account Is a Lost Time Capsule

If you lose access to virtual memory spaces, some of your memories might go out with it

Angela Lashbrook
OneZero
Published in
7 min readSep 16, 2020

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Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

The internet is a time capsule. Like an external hard drive or a diary tucked under your mattress, the email accounts, instant messenger conversations, and blogs of our past hold…

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Angela Lashbrook
OneZero

I’m a columnist for OneZero, where I write about the intersection of health & tech. Also seen at Elemental, The Atlantic, VICE, and Vox. Brooklyn, NY.