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In a Post-Roe World, the Future of Digital Privacy Looks Even Grimmer



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Some location data analytics companies, including Foursquare, recently announced that they were restricting the use, sharing and sale of data on consumers’ visits to sensitive locations like reproductive health clinics. But law enforcement agencies with warrants may still obtain such location records.The phone carriers that operate the backbone of the wireless internet for smartphones have been mum about plans to modify data policies after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. AT&T, T-Mobile and CTIA, a trade group representing the carriers, declined to comment, and Frank Boulben, Verizon’s chief revenue officer, said the company had nothing new to announce.For now, those seeking to obscure their digital tracks have limited options. Here’s what they are.Surveillance Self-DefenseSeveral tools can be employed to combat surveillance, including virtual private networks, e …

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