Data company sold visitor location data for 600 abortion clinics to pro-life group, senator says::undefined

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    10 months ago

    This could be seen as a life-endangering move, and the data company should be held reliable, not just for this act, but also for any problems their victims have to endure.

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      10 months ago

      They sold the data fully understanding what it could be used for. I imagine the deal brokered was by a MAGA supporter who works with this data company.

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    10 months ago

    Holy crap that’s dark. Now I have even less sympathy for the companies losing revenue from chrome removing third party cookies

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    10 months ago

    Now, people needing an abortion also need a burner paid for winth cash. Fantastic.

    This is exactly why we need privacy laws.

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      I’m male, and my voice is pretty unmistakeable so I can’t very well man the hotlines for agencies helping women find ways to get out of shitty states and have abortions.

      I’d happily run all over the tri-state acquiring burners by the bunch though, for this exact use case.

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        10 months ago

        Sounds like a plan. I’ll remember this. Thanks.

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    10 months ago

    thanks for reminding me why I use an ad blocker (and why I hate pro-life fuckers)

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      10 months ago

      Your ad blocker doesn’t block location data if your mobile carrier is selling it to these brokers (and they almost certainly are).

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        10 months ago

        It’s why there’s been such an effort to move to apps instead of webpages that can do the same thing. More data collection and notifications.

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    10 months ago

    I’m not even surprised any more. I take a bold guess at what absolutely hideous shit I’ll read today and I’m still always surprised.

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    10 months ago

    Surely they’re just interested in advertising products popular with newly aborting mothers. /S

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    10 months ago

    Seems lawsuits are how we motivate policy. Gotta sue companies into the ground, for policy or law change.

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    10 months ago

    Not only that, but hackers stole every single last bit of patient data from hospitals all over Ontario in Canada as well. I daresay, if you’ve had an abortion, you exist on some right wing assholes list somewhere.