Posted on 05/05/2022 8:50:50 PM PDT by Morgana
When someone gets an abortion, they may decide not to share information with friends and family members. But chances are their smartphone knows.
The leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion proposing to overturn Roe v. Wade raises a data privacy flash point: If abortion becomes criminal in some states, might a person’s data trail be treated as evidence?
There is precedent for it, and privacy advocates say data collection could become a major liability for people seeking abortions in secret. Phones can record communications, search histories, body health data and other information. Just Tuesday, there was new evidence that commercial data brokers sell location information gathered from the phones of people who visit abortion clinics.
“It is absolutely something to be concerned about — and something to learn about, hopefully before being in a crisis mode, where learning on the fly might be more difficult,” said Cynthia Conti-Cook, a technology fellow at the Ford Foundation.
It is now common for law enforcement to make use of the contents of people’s phones, including location and browsing information. One case against an alleged Jan. 6 insurrectionist drew upon thousands of pages of data from the suspect’s phone as well as Facebook records, prosecutors said.
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Probably shouldn’t post it on Instagram
ok, so now the liberals are concerned about civil liberties and privacy concerns. ok, got it.
Yeah so? Target knows if you are pregnant
They have done these analytics for a long time see this article from 2012
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkkepv/target-knows-you-re-pregnant
They also have tshirts made and tell everyone they know and don’t know.
Yea I remember Gloria what’s her name wearing one of those T shirts. Then there is the “shout your abortion” movement.
Now they are worried about it? Now?
oh yeah, don't abort. That's bad.
Ping
Seems like they can or soon will be able to track you to/from:
The gun store.
The political rally they don’t like.
The scene of the crime (if you’re a witness who doesn’t want to get involved.)
The scene of the crime (if you’re a victim who defended himself and doesn’t want to get prosecuted by a Soros funded prosecutor.)
The location you started from, the location you ended at and the travel time. This is a problem for those who exceed the speed limit. That’s a problem if “they” establish arbitrary low speed limits to increase ticket revenue.
Other things I’ve missed.
Yes, liberal filth, that could not give a damn about any of your civil liberties just yesterday, are now concerned about your abortions.
Im a 74 y.o. male.
Should I be worried?
/sarc
Under HIPAA, protected health information is considered to be individually identifiable information relating to the past, present, or future health status of an individual that is created, collected, or transmitted, or maintained by a HIPAA-covered entity in relation to the provision of healthcare, payment for healthcare services, or use in healthcare operations (PHI healthcare business uses).Health information such as diagnoses, treatment information, medical test results, and prescription information are considered protected health information under HIPAA, as are national identification numbers and demographic information such as birth dates, gender, ethnicity, and contact and emergency contact information. PHI relates to physical records, while ePHI is any PHI that is created, stored, transmitted, or received electronically.
yep, they are just trying to ramp up the fear for their base-
Your repeated journey’s from Democrat HQ to various ballot drop off boxes in your City.....
I’m an old fart. Cellular phones are relatively new in my personal history stream of life. Getting along without one of those things would be easy. I know many other would wither away and die if they had to go without one.
My postal carrier knows for whom I voted for President. Person of color. Made sure to leave a tip at Christmas, with a personal note of thanks for the daily deliveries during the pandemic.
How To Make A Cheap Faraday Cage
Helpful article: How to Block Your Phone From Being Tracked
Sample commercial product: GoDark Faraday phone bag $49.97
Request for pay phones ensue.
You can use metal window screen to make a terrific Faraday bag. Stitch it together with #26 bare wire and then overlay it with nylon or canvas.
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