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by netsharc 917 days ago
This is an extreme example, but:

Like the crime of wanting to save your own life? [1]

Edit: forgot to add how abortion is related to location data: after the "Christian" Talibans made abortion illegal, location data became subpeonable to see if someone visited an abortion clinic, if you tracked your periods on an app, this data too, because if you stopped having periods and a few months later it resumed, is that enough proof for a criminal conviction?

Funny to think how the tech companies are slowly realizing, maybe even their 50 domestic markets have regimes that are not liberal democracies, and can abuse laws...

For a more elaborate answer, watch this video: [2], TL;DW your democracy might not last and despots could take over and actually abuse the data they have on you. MAGA 2024, anyone? I mean the whole red states/Taliban-esque "we own women's body" laws is already plenty of steps in that direction...

[1] https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/texas-woman-sought-c...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9_PjdU3Mpo

1 comments

> after the "Christian" Talibans made abortion illegal, location data became subpeonable to see if someone visited an abortion clinic

Above and beyond that, thinking ahead to people traveling for healthcare, Missouri and a few other states are or already have enacted a crime of "conspiracy to commit abortion", which means as little as booking flights or hotel.