It's worse than a return to the pre-Roe bad old days. Much worse.

[Pete Ross Junior]

Big Tech silent on data privacy in post-Roe America
The Register (UK)

Period- and fertility-tracking apps have become weapons in Friday's post-Roe America.

These seemingly innocuous trackers contain tons of data about sexual history, menstruation and pregnancy dates, all of which could now be used to prosecute women seeking abortions — or incite digital witch hunts in states that offer abortion bounties.

Under a law passed last year in Texas, any citizen who successfully sues an abortion provider, a health center worker, or anyone who helps someone access an abortion after six weeks can claim at least $10,000, and other US states are following that example.

"We are just a few steps away from digital dragnets for people who are providing access and possibly for people seeking abortions," EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin told The Register.

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"The single greatest danger right now is the location data sale industry, location data brokers, and also the privacy of your web searches," Galperin said. "One of the very first steps that people take when they are searching for abortion information is a web search."

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Not just Big Brother watching you. It's anybody with greed and no morals.

Abortion bounty hunters? First time I've heard that, but now that they mention it, it's obvious.

[multigraincracker]

1. Thank you for the post and

a big welcome to our club.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. K and R

[Walleye]

3. Well, the supreme rulers decided that nobody has any privacy rights in the United States

[sop]

4. "Republicans introduce bill to require ATF to delete records of gun sales."

(3/10/22) "House Republicans have introduced a bill that would require the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to eliminate any firearms transactions maintained in their records."

https://headtopics.com/us/republicans-introduce-bill-to-require-atf-to-delete-records-of-gun-sales-24643336

[PoliticAverse]

5. Big tech may claim to be for women's rights but they'll gladly sell their data to those that aren't.