Chad Loder
Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers https://www.businessinsider.com/police-getting-help-social-media-to-prosecute-people-seeking-abortions-2023-2
Facebook, Google give police data to prosecute abortion seekers

Social-media sites are inundated with police requests for user data and may cooperate even if not legally required to, one legal expert told Insider.

Business Insider
Mar 5, 2023 at 4:53pmWeb
Show threadChuck DarwinMar 5, 2023

@chadloder

"This spring, a woman named Jessica Burgess and her daughter will stand trial in Nebraska for performing an illegal #abortion — with a key piece of evidence provided by #Meta, the parent company of #Facebook. Burgess allegedly helped her daughter find and take #pills that would induce an abortion. The teenage Burgess also faces charges for allegedly illegally disposing of the #fetus' remains.

"TechCrunch reported internal chat logs were provided to law enforcement officers by the social media company, which indicated the pair had discussed their plan to find the medication through the app."

Show threadDaniel Thomas BuroshMar 6, 2023
@cdarwin @chadloder Fuck Facebook, I’m not on it. But now I need to switch from Google Search to Bing?
Show threadsmidbotMar 6, 2023
@DTBurosh @cdarwin @chadloder DuckDuckGo is probably what you’re looking for.
Show threadThe Great Llama Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder
Good thing they took "Don't be evil" out of their corporate code. 🙄
Show threadDemianMar 5, 2023
@chadloder this horrible but also horrible, tho not surprising, that police are prioritizing this
Show threadsandywb14Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder 😡
Show threadLibertyForward1Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder What if every cis male did a search for abortions, flooding the results with people who in fact don't have uteri?
Show threadChad LoderMar 5, 2023

@LibertyForward1 That won't make a difference. Google and Facebook already know everyone's gender and sex, and they can easily filter out those searches.

The issue right now is that law enforcement is asking for information on specific people.

Show threadLibertyForward1Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder Fair point.
Show threadPatMar 5, 2023
@chadloder I feel I should load my search history to see if anyone will knock on my door since I'm well past child bearing years just to see what happens.
Show threadJungle George 🌴🌳🌲🍃Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder fucking hell
Show threadgavinisdie Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder I guess I'll have to distance myself from Google as much as possible
Show threadOR Wine WomanMar 5, 2023
@chadloder
W H A T ?????
Show threadJoeChipMar 5, 2023
@chadloder
There they go again - disrupting the healthcare, privacy, and democracy "markets."
Show threadRobin from Colorado 🇺🇸🇺🇦Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder surveillance state for women
Show threadMaureen KelseyMar 5, 2023
@chadloder fascism
Show threadpanisuzeMar 5, 2023
@chadloder Crying as I think over the ramifications of this treachery. I live in a bubble in Australia which is why Mastodon is so very important.
Show threadFifty Shades of HeyMar 5, 2023
@chadloder Firefox+Duckduckgo
Show threadJanneMar 6, 2023

@FiftyShadesOfHey @chadloder No for firefox. Mozilla corporation can collect, sells and gives to police: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/policy/transparency/

Yes for duckduckgo, they don't even collect.

Transparency

Mozilla
Show threadC0ppertopMar 5, 2023
@chadloder is this true?!
Show threadOrca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder DAMN IT!!!
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 5, 2023

@chadloder

(1/2)
Time for basic data security:

Get a a mail account in a safe country, e.g. Switzerland or Germany.

Use different mail acounts for different objectives/log-ins. (Guess what the common denominator in personal data search usually is? ;))

Delete #facebookdown (or at least all content).

Remove all cookies upon closing your browser.

Use Opera or Firefox (for Windows) and not Chrome or MS Edge or whatever.

Stop using Google search (DuckDuckgo instead)...

Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 5, 2023

@chadloder

(2/2)

...
Invest in a performing VPN.

Neve use passwords for more than one app or website.

(for those who don't do this already)

Show threadCelloMom On CarsMar 5, 2023

@HistoPol @chadloder

If you use "incognito" or "private" mode, your browser will delete all cookies when you exit the browser.

(Yes, you do have to log in by hand to your oft-used websites, but that's hardly a price to pay).

Show threadAxelMar 5, 2023
@chadloder FaceBook and Google are evil entities.
Show threadPalinMar 5, 2023
@chadloder
So I really think that we need to outlaw all religions....
Show threadKevin RussellMar 5, 2023

@chadloder

Disconnect your Nest and home products from google amazon and apple. End voice apps, stop google voice from running etcetc.

Show threadMorganaMar 5, 2023
@chadloder The fascist state has arrived…..
Show threadMaddler  Mar 5, 2023
@chadloder "I have nothing to hide", this was and is the most common answser when trying to explain to people why taking care of yourt own privacy onm the internet is important.
Show threadsub_oMar 6, 2023
@chadloder can we create as many fake accounts as possible and overwhelm them with fake data it to the point that it's not a feasible approach anymore?
Show threadA. LizardMar 6, 2023
@chadloder Google and Facebook funding alt right crazies. Makes sense that they will continue helping fascists.
Show threadKeith HansonMar 6, 2023

@chadloder this is terrifying, and I do agree with nearly all the comments here about op sec, privacy focused email, etc.

But, as others have hinted at, do you think that we (in this thread), who are generally a niche of a niche of a niche of very informed or highly technical users, will actually see the masses actually utilize these tools? (TOR, VPNs, DNS and Script ad blockers)

The masses are ignorant - and I mean in the naive way - of all of this.

We need systemic change via legislation.

Show threadKeith HansonMar 6, 2023

@chadloder further, how many of us are using iOS or Android?

How many of use a mapping application to get from point a to b?

Everything is tracked unless you full stop unplug from the way these companies have hyper connected us.

And on top of that, there are many who will be heavily disincentivized to leave these services because their livelihoods depend on it.

I don't like being pessimistic, but we can't educate the masses, and the masses fuel all of this data collection.

Show threadKeith HansonMar 6, 2023

@chadloder we have to change the laws that allow companies to collect, sell, and exploit this data.

Unfortunately that will require electeds to not care about being reelected, and basically to fall on their sword for us, which... Never/rarely happens.

Either we will see a mass exodus from these services because there are a massive amount of these stories and everyone fears for their own selfish interests, or we have to start at the top and legislate away all this data hoarding.

Show threadfranmurrellMar 6, 2023
@chadloder why are police interested in women’s health? Can’t they do something else ?
Show threadJohn MorgunMar 6, 2023

@chadloder

No data protection laws in America is the problem,

Show threadJoanna Bryson, blatheringMar 6, 2023
@chadloder @Prof_BearB I actually prefer the last point — the bigger problem is law enforcement making these requests.
Show threadSilverVale👩‍🦳🌍Mar 6, 2023
@chadloder well, we all knew this moment would have arrived. The big brother at its best. First ones in line to pay the price are women, of course. #womenabuse #womenrights
Show threadMathias HasselmannMar 6, 2023
@chadloder With only 22 years delay the Taliban has won, what they started on 9/11.
Show threadChad LoderMar 6, 2023
@taschenorakel 9/11 was committed by Saudis, not the Taliban
Show threadsxpertMar 6, 2023
@chadloder @taschenorakel
the saudis were setup by the CIA, in support of Operation Cyclone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone
the Talibans were setup by Pakistan's ISI
Operation Cyclone - Wikipedia

Show threadPer FunkeMar 6, 2023
@chadloder

"Be good, not evil."
Who said that?
Google. That's history now.
Show threadDarkmm (free 🇵🇸)Mar 6, 2023
@chadloder A big reason why we should avoid these big bad companies and trust open source and networks that don't spy on or collect data about users. And who has the right to make decisions about a woman's body, about pregnancy, except the woman herself. Those lying politicians?
Show threadKevin RussellMar 9, 2023

@chadloder

More stories on police getting access to home video and microphone regardless.

If you've ever had sex, if pregnancy is a word you might use, if anyone something-none-of your-business-someting abortion, then Remove Surveilance Devices.

https://mstdn.social/@kashhill@mastodon.social/109990190478341656

Kashmir Hill (@[email protected])

Fascinating story: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/07/privacy-loophole-ring-doorbell-00084979 At first the police just wanted two hours of footage from this guy's doorbell Ring cam. "It was just the beginning. They asked for more footage, now from the entire day’s worth of records. And a week later, Larkin received a notice from Ring itself: The company had received a warrant, signed by a local judge. The notice informed him it was obligated to send footage from more than 20 cameras — whether or not Larkin was willing to share it himself."

Mastodon
Show threadShield MaidenMar 9, 2023
@chadloder "Women", women needing abortions.
Show threadChad LoderMar 9, 2023
@Judeet88 Not all people who need abortions are women.
Show threadKen_HMar 25, 2023
Am I the only one to switch to DuckDuckGo?
Show threadDie Mad 🇨🇦Mar 25, 2023
@KenHemmerling
I did, too.