Location Tracking Tools Endanger Abortion Access. Lawmakers Must Act Now.
Briefly

Unfettered location tracking raises serious threats to vulnerable populations such as immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community, particularly as it relates to abortion-seekers in a post-Dobbs era.
Privacy advocates accessed Locate X, a law enforcement tool, demonstrating how easily location data can be misused to track individuals seeking reproductive healthcare across state lines.
The presence of data brokers and their ability to sell location information poses a systemic risk; when location data is for sale, our safety is compromised.
Legislators have an opportunity to enact laws protecting citizens from mass location surveillance, highlighting the urgent need to reshape the existing system to ensure public safety.
Read at Electronic Frontier Foundation
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