Patients rely on abortion clinics to protect their privacy. The providers have work to do to catch up to today’s digital surveillance threats.
- Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
Data privacy is an abstract issue for most people, even though virtually everyone is at risk. Now that abortion may become illegal in some states, digital surveillance could take an even darker turn.
Older Americans are often taught to be fearful of hackers and scammers in their midst while also being told to investigate potential threats. Better advice is to not engage.
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