Meredith WhittakerThis is the real, human cost of mass surveillance of everyone's private digital communications.
If we actually care about keeping people safe, we need more end-to-end encryption not less.
Ed Summers@Mer__edith here's a gift link for anyone who wants to read this important story:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/us/celeste-burgess-abortion-pill-nebraska.html?unlocked_article_code=D-58FYQW1KoC35p8lu5F4ONR9omVpjleoW5Z27sBBf68knjaLb-9CovzhJJ9tNzRnb6vX0Tpw_mniAvR7AjiKDBGfRU-Rvuypmd0QUwWxo3HGX6AWejRgenHTw2wu4dbWccaQSJOcJZTWcTBlVOrWW8JQPzsDOLoODueXzHfrq1sgsdt3PdSjxXVRMZuJ2gwHD51ZGXnY9Rwq8WulN9MPinZrfbvVht8VDR5G9awekLsHoOjHifrc-b5BqIlpmhTDdNYNxtirJmSk5_0K-Uji18lXpnZuREYDZDnHRxILTFzvXBciaFYgWdWynewGA-epoqstRTJbItRNsuUlgJE7hOCMNwuK9n5NPdx&smid=nytcore-android-share
It is really worrisome how the supercharged legibility provided by social media is continuing to fuse with law enforcement. They are evolving together in ways that are easy to underestimate until you become a subject of power. While E2EE is 💯 important, I think we also need to begin thinking creatively about ways to remove computation from parts of our lives.
