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Rideshare trip data showing travel to reproductive health clinics has been sought by law enforcement in states.

So what: reset your ad ID and give apps "While Using" location only (iOS: Settings > Privacy; Android: delete your advertising ID).

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Plate readers on police cars scan every passing car, not just suspects. Vendors like Flock and Motorola now pool billions of.

So what: map the readers near you at deflock.org, and check whether your plate was searched at haveibeenflocked.com.

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A growing list of US states let you add a mobile driver's license to your phone and share just 'over 21', not your name, address, and birthdate. So what: check if your state offers a mobile ID, and use the share-age-only option where it's accepted.

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Most data broker opt-outs take under 10 minutes. We write the guides. You do the removals. #indigoprivacy https://indigoprivacy.com/

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Insurers have priced auto and home policies on credit-based scores since the 1990s.

So what: under HIPAA you can get your medical records and a list of who they went to. Request both, and correct anything wrong.

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Privacy compounds. Every setting you fix keeps paying off quietly, long after you forget you changed it. You do the work once and it keeps working in the background. A month of small changes adds up to a lot less exposure. #indigoprivacy

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LA and Miami-Dade police bought access to Raven, an AI tool that can pinpoint a home from one interior photo using Airbnb, Vrbo, and Zillow listings. So what: be careful posting interior photos of your home, and take down old listings you don't need.

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Workplace violence threat assessment programs analyze employee communications and behavior patterns to predict potential.

So what: assume anything on a work device or network is monitored. Keep personal browsing on your own phone, off company Wi-Fi.

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More than half of US states now require age verification, often with a government ID. But ~17.6M US adults have no license or photo ID and can be locked out. So what: when a site offers a choice, use on-device age checks, not an ID upload. eff.org/age

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A smart Keurig coffee maker uploaded ~1,000 GB in 10 days, enough to saturate the home network. The owner, an IT pro, traced it to a bug, not spying. So what: put smart appliances on a guest network or VLAN, and ask whether a coffee maker needs wifi.

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Canvas fingerprinting uses the browser's rendering of invisible graphics to generate a unique device identifier that persists across browser.

So what: install uBlock Origin, then scan a site at themarkup.org/blacklight to see who's tracking you and cut it.

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iRhythm, maker of the Zio Patch heart monitor, says a June breach exposed 360,000+ people's names, addresses, birth dates, and insurance numbers. So what: freeze your credit (free) and check your insurance statements for care you didn't get.

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Costco shares members' purchase history, payment method, and visit frequency with its financial-services partners.

So what: loyalty programs trade a discount for a purchase dossier. Sign up with an email alias and a Google Voice number, or skip it.

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AI tools train on your chats by default. Turn it off. In ChatGPT: Settings > Data Controls > "Improve the model for everyone." In Gemini: pause your activity history. On LinkedIn: turn off data use for generative AI.

So what: it's Opt Out October. Do it this month.

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Retail media networks operated by Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger sell advertising that targets consumers based on.

So what: loyalty programs trade a discount for a purchase dossier. Sign up with an email alias and a Google Voice number, or skip it.

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