Text: “The abortion clues that can hide on your phone.” BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61952794
Extract: “After the Supreme Court overturned citizens’ constitutional right to abortion in the US, there has been concern about data protection, particularly in the 13 states which have already moved to make ending a pregnancy illegal… Gina Neff, professor of technology and society at University of Oxford, tweeted the day after the ruling: “Right now, and I mean this instant, delete every digital trace of any menstrual tracking.”
This article highlights an odd result of measurement – women using an app for an extremely personal type of measurement could find that measurement used against them now that abortion in the U.S. is illegal in some states.