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Re:With Roe overturned, period-tracking apps raise new worries by SamoyedFurFluff on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:27AM (#31874692)
Prosecutors have already prosecuted women for having abortions by crawling through searches and text messages. Someone who missed a period mysteriously doesn’t indicate an abortion. Someone who googles abortion clinics, then their location data is at the clinic, then they texted close family or friends for support about their decision to have an abortion, etc.
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Re:With Roe overturned, period-tracking apps raise new worries by tekknik on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:31AM (#31874725)
> Prosecutors have already prosecuted women for having abortions by crawling through searches and text messages.

This sounds illegal, have a link?

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Re:With Roe overturned, period-tracking apps raise new worries by SamoyedFurFluff on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:45AM (#31874840)
Latice Fisher was arrested in 2018 under suspicions her miscarriage was an abortion, using her previous googling for abortion medication as evidence. She was later released, but my understanding is that her arrest in the first place was partially using search history as evidence. It’s totally legal if you have a warrant, and warrants are easy to acquire.
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