Tech companies are left to pick up the pieces after the demise of the abortion law.
An update to the location history feature for Google accounts is coming in the next few weeks, according to a post on the company's website. The update will flagvisits to abortion clinics and other facilities from a user's location history.
Legal abortion access varies across state lines. There is already legislation being drafted in red states that would punish people who travel for abortions if it were to become law.
If law enforcement has the power to punish people who get abortions across state lines, a digital diary of every place a person has visited would be desirable as evidence. There is a fear that data collected by period tracking apps could be used against people who need abortions, so an update to Fitbit will allow users to remove multiple menstrual cycle logs at the same time.
When it comes to using data as evidence, Google said it would oppose demands that are overly broad or otherwise legally objectionable. If you want to avoid using evidence against you, eliminate the evidence completely.
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