Digital tracking and lack of US privacy protections puts all people at risk of bounty hunting anti-abortion zealots - even if you're not seeking an abortion (e.g. this thread
A thread on how to protect yourself as much as possible. 1/
https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1521497601316728837)
A thread on how to protect yourself as much as possible. 1/
Your location is being tracked. Even if you turn off location services, your location can be tracked through wifi signals, the cell towers it connects to, and more. This isn't a "technically possible" thing - it's in practice right now. Your location is NEVER private. 2/
And there's money to be made selling that location data. If you're seeking pregnancy-related healthcare, you could be targeted by citizen bounty hunters who want to turn you in for getting an abortion (even if you don't get one - do you want that hassle to prove it?) 3/
You don't want your location tracked when you're seeking healthcare. Again, this isn't theoretical. See this article where data brokers are selling lists of IDs of people who go to planned parenthood 4/ jezebel.com/a-data-firm-is…
Friends, turn your phones off when you go to the doctor. Bring a book, bring hard copy ID, insurance, and credit card. Turn it off before you get to the parking lot and keep it off until you've left. There is literally no way to NOT have your location tracked and sold. 5/
If you buy medication from international pharmacies - which is totally legal - your credit card data is also tracked. You cannot rely on your purchase history being private. Purchase history is a data goldmine and is sold all the time. You must protect this 6/
The easiest way is to buy a pre-paid visa card (like a vanilla visa) and use that for your private online purchases. Bonus if you can have your stuff shipped somewhere anonymous, but I know we can't all do that 7/
You are tracked ALL OVER THE WEB. every search, every page visit. And that is easily connected up with your specific identity. If you are searching for healthcare information and you want to keep it private, get the Tor browser 8/ torproject.org
Tor is built on firefox, so it will look familiar. Don't be afraid of it. It protects you from tracking.
It can be kind of a pain to use- bc of the privacy protection, it's slower and not every site works right (e.g. it may think you're in a different country). Use it anyway 9/
It can be kind of a pain to use- bc of the privacy protection, it's slower and not every site works right (e.g. it may think you're in a different country). Use it anyway 9/
For messaging (even with trusted friends), use a secure messaging app like signal and turn on the disappearing messages feature so your messages go away. 10/
If you use a period tracking app, that data isn't private either 11/ theverge.com/2021/1/13/2222…
If you want a period tracker that will NOT share your data, Drip looks like a good option. This keeps all data on your device (nothing in the cloud), is very clear your data is private, and is based in Europe which has real rules about privacy 12/ bloodyhealth.gitlab.io
Note: this data WILL live on your phone still. You can delete it, of course, but assess your comfort with that data being somewhere based on your own situation 13/
My friend and colleague @jvitak is also very smart about this stuff and I 100% trust her thoughts and analysis 14/
https://twitter.com/jvitak/status/1522282298644877312
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