evacideJul 13, 2023
I'm just a girl, standing in front of the entire infosec community, asking them to give practical, simple digital security/privacy advice to people seeking abortions instead of describing outlandish Jason Bourne scenarios.
Show threadfolken

Don't use an internet device with any of your personal credentials in them. Library, Public internet terminal, tor browser.

I'd be interested what others come up with.

Jul 13, 2023 at 9:03pmWeb
Show threadArmageddJenJul 13, 2023
@folken at my local library you have to sign in with your library card number and password, which is absolutely tied to you. Not sure there's anything that exists anymore that doesn't have your personal credentials tied to it
Show threadBigot Banishment SquadJul 13, 2023

@ItsJenNotGoblin @folken
The trick there is to ask the librarian if they have guest accounts. Some library systems do.

But other than that... Yeah.

Show threadfolkenJul 13, 2023
@ItsJenNotGoblin ok, then the second option is to get an anonymous device. There is tails linux or any other distro that boots off a stick on any laptop. That way at least the source is clean.
Show threadfolkenJul 13, 2023
@ItsJenNotGoblin in addtion i'd use some kind of vpn.Perferably use a wifi that isn't a subscription you are paying.
Don't log in anywhere.. Get the info you need and then yank the cord.
Show threadArmageddJenJul 13, 2023

@folken @evacide now you're into territory that MANY people would say breaks the practical/simple request.

Quite frankly the best option is to not use the internet yourself at all, ask someone you trust with your life to do it for you & relay the information in person, make the call to the drs on their phone not yours, esp if they're in a state that is safe and have the ability to do so, ESP friends who can't get pregnant themselves.

We figured it out before the internet, we can again

Show threadfolkenJul 13, 2023
@ItsJenNotGoblin @evacide well you potentially endanger them, and you lose control over the information that you are pregnant.
Show threadArmageddJenJul 13, 2023

@folken @evacide the thing is, you are going to need help from SOMEONE, so that's why I said a person you trust with your life.

And if it's a person who can't get pregnant, they're simply doing research on the internet, which isn't illegal.

Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarJul 13, 2023

@ItsJenNotGoblin @folken @evacide

It might be illegal in some jurisdictions already, or they’ll use their new favorite cheat code of authorizing civil suits with enormous penalties. And some more laws are in the pipeline https://www.brookings.edu/articles/can-a-state-block-access-to-online-information-about-abortion-services/

Yes it would be blatantly unconstitutional. But, until recently, the right to healthcare rested on an interpretation of the constitution. No reason to believe they will stop now.

Can a state block access to online information about abortion services?

Post-Dobbs, there is significant uncertainty regarding how the First Amendment will be interpreted in relation to online information about abortion, John Villasenor writes.

Brookings
Show threadJessamynJul 14, 2023
@ItsJenNotGoblin @folken In most libraries there are state privacy laws that support the library not giving up this information without a warrant. Very much depends on local climate, but it's one level of friction at least.
Show threadmeejahJul 14, 2023

@folken This is pretty impractical advice. "Just exist forever without a cellphone or personal computer".

I think what OP is looking for is an existing, comprehensive guide with things like, "throw your fitbit in the ocean, because it records and uploads body-temperature which is a very accurate predictor of pregnancy"