Protect Your Privacy: 16 Tips to Shield Yourself From Online Tracking & Abortion Bounty Hunters
Big tech data could become a tool for abortion surveillance
"With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that vacuum up personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance. One fear is that law enforcement or vigilantes could use those data troves against people seeking to terminate their pregnancies.
Unless all of your data is securely encrypted, there’s always a chance that someone, somewhere can access it." - NPR
How can you protect your privacy? How do Abortion Bounty hunters snoop on your online searches, purchases and movements? How do Google, Meta and Amazon collect data on you, share and make money from the data they have? Use these 16 security tips to protect your privacy.
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The provided sources discuss strategies to protect digital privacy, particularly for people seeking abortions in states where the procedure is illegal. They highlight the ways in which Big Tech companies collect user data, suggesting that this information could be used to surveil and prosecute individuals seeking reproductive healthcare. The sources then offer practical advice for protecting digital privacy, including using secure browsers, search engines, and messaging apps, hiding physical location, and utilizing anonymous payment methods. Additionally, the sources emphasize the importance of reading privacy policies, using burner phones, and avoiding pregnancy-tracking apps.
Abortion bounty hunters seeking vast amounts of private data
History has repeatedly demonstrated that whenever people’s personal data is tracked and stored, there’s always a risk that it could be misused or abused. With the Supreme Court’s Friday overruling of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people who seek an abortion — or medical care for a miscarriage — as well as those who assist them.
“In the digital age, this decision opens the door to law enforcement and private bounty hunters seeking vast amounts of private data from ordinary Americans,” said Alexandra Reeve Givens, the president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based digital rights nonprofit. - PBS
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