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the recent abortion laws have made the turnkey tyranny argument more convincing and practical, lately. states have subpoenaed tech companies for surveillance da
by sterlind 4y ago
the recent abortion laws have made the turnkey tyranny argument more convincing and practical, lately. states have subpoenaed tech companies for surveillance data, attempting to catch women who seek abortions out of state. even my non-techie friends are wary now about period tracking apps.
regardless of your stance on abortion, and the extent to which law enforcement seeks this data, it's woken up a large chunk of the population to the risks of their personal data.
- gleenn 4y agoApple and PlannedParentHood both have apps to track cycles and store data encrypted on the device only, tell your friends https://lifehacker.com/why-apples-period-tracker-data-is-more-private-than-oth-1835248220 https://lifehacker.com/why-apples-period-tracker-data-is-mor...
- godelski 4y agoI do agree with this point and have adapted my arguments to point this out when I'm discussing with people who care about abortion rights. But when talking to more conservative types these arguments are often less effective. So a different strategy is needed for them. Though there are definitely turnkey arguments for them. They tend to be easy to convince since despite voting in authoritarians they are also highly concerned with authoritarians. Just the left kind. So s/Trump/{Obama,Hillary,Pelosi}/g and s/abortion/guns.
- __turbobrew__ 4y ago> states have subpoenaed tech companies for surveillance data, attempting to catch women who seek abortions out of state Do you have a source on that? I’m not American so this is astounding to me.
- sterlind 4y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/facebook-user-data-abortion-nebraska-police https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/10/facebook-use...