"Frantic individual efforts to swat away digital intrusions will do too little. What’s needed, for all Americans, is a full legal and political reckoning with the reckless manner in which digital technology has been allowed to invade our lives. The collection, use and manipulation of electronic #data must finally be regulated and severely limited. Only then can we comfortably enjoy all the good that can come from these technologies."
nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opinion…
Opinion | We Need to Take Back Our Privacy
In a post-Roe America, women will bear the costs of letting data collection undermine our liberty.Zeynep Tufekci (The New York Times)
Michael Downey 🚩
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Normalize using end-to-end #encrypted (and ideally, ephemeral) communications.
Normalize not telling #Google everything you think, do, and say.
Do it now.
#privacy #security #surveillance
nbcnews.com/tech/security/abor…
Looming abortion law changes prompt digital privacy worries for clinics
Kevin Collier (NBC News)