WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES ¨C A woman¡¯s digital footprint risks becoming a dangerous weapon in the escalating U.S. abortion wars, with experts urging women in the crossfire to leave less of a trace if Roe v. Wade falls.
Be it location data, social media posts or search histories ¡ª online records will carry greater risk if women lose their constitutional right to an abortion, the researchers say.
¡°The apps you use, your internet search history and so on ¡ª information about you is being collected by third parties all the time,¡± said Corynne McSherry, legal director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group.
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