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Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics (www.404media.co)
submitted 2 weeks ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Privacy advocates got access to Locate X, a phone tracking tool which multiple U.S. agencies have bought access to, and showed me and other journalists exactly what it was capable of. Tracking a phone from one state to another to an abortion clinic. Multiple places of worship. A school. Following a likely juror to a residence. And all of this tracking is possible without a warrant, and instead just a few clicks of a mouse.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, you can. But thats the last thing on the mind of someone who is struggling to terminate a pregnancy in the US in 2024. We need something better.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not having endless hedonistic recreational sex in the first place? Is it really that difficult to remain abstinent?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are many reasons for a pregnancy to be terminated, and not all of them are for fun, or because of casual sex. Maybe the child has defects incompatible with life, or the mother is not capable of carrying to term, and attempting to do so will kill them both.

People don't tend to go "oh, it's a nice Sunday today. I think I'll pop by the abortion clinic."

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As a percentage, what proportion of pregnancies do those scenarios comprise? What percentage of abortions are carried out simply as a form of birth control?

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Genuinely, fuck you.