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Here, Joseph Cox and other journalists received the same dataset, and he smartly decided to focus on one major issue in his story: How cellphone location could help identify people visiting abortion clinics. With Donald Trump returning to the White House, and the Republican Party controlling all branches of government, it is likely that we will see further challenges to abortion rights and access, making this kind of surveillance especially dangerous. The WSJ’s excellent reporting kickstarted months of follow-ups and prompted action from the U.S. government, which has since urged Americans to switch to encrypted messaging apps, such as Signal, to minimize the risk of having their communications intercepted.

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