Opinion: Online privacy becomes critical if Roe v. Wade is overturned


Women may also turn to VPNs to stop mobile network providers and search engines from seeing their browsing habits. They’ll clear their web histories, use incognito windows or download more privacy-focused browsers like Firefox. — Photo by Michael Pointner on Unsplash

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It turned out his daughter was already pregnant, and Target had figured this out before he had.

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