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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

What can current surveillance infrastructure tell us about online privacy after the fall of Roe? 


Guest: Lily Hay Newman


Host: Lizzie O'Leary


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0

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1:08.0

I wonder if you could tell me the story of Latisse Fisher. She lives in Mississippi and went to

1:15.6

the hospital in 2017 because she was suffering a miscarriage. That's Lily Hay Newman, a senior writer

1:22.4

at Wired who covers information security and digital privacy. Latisse Fisher appeared to be fairly

1:28.8

late in her pregnancy. EMTs said her fetus seemed to be more than 30 weeks old and medical personnel

1:36.1

were suspicious of Fisher. They reportedly gave her medical records to the police who began investigating.

1:42.0

And she turned over access to her phone. And on that device, law enforcement found search history

1:56.4

where she was searching for information about abortion and abortifacience. Because of that finding

2:05.9

and some other factors, they indicted her with second-degree murder charges.

2:13.5

The charges against Fisher were eventually dropped. But Lily says her story, especially the role

2:19.7

technology played, gives us a window into what digital life might look like if the Supreme Court

2:25.3

overturns Roe v. Wade. We all leave digital trails. Sometimes they reveal intent. But often,

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