🔒 Protecting your location data

Read to the end for Weekend Reads, a “healthy” Coke recipe, and the “misery index.” [The Hustle] Jack Sweeney, the 19-year-old whose Twitter bot tracks Elon Musk’s jet, agreed to stop tracking Mark Cuban’s plane in exchange for business advice. Perhaps next, he’ll wrangle some Twitter tips from Musk. In today’s email: - Data: Lawmakers want to protect your health info. - Chart: The “misery index” ticks up. - Weekend Reads: For your Saturday coffee. - Around the web: Building a podcast network, a game of choices, a helpful bear, and more cool internet finds. 🎧 On the go? [Listen to today’s podcast]( to hear Zack and Juliet discuss the shady data broker industry and what lawmakers are trying to do about it. The big idea A new bill could protect Americans’ health and location data The [$200B]( data broker industry profits by selling people’s data. That data includes everything from contact info and demographics to personal interests and health history. If passed, a new bill — the Health and Location Data Protection Act — would limit the sale of medical and location data in the US. What would it do? Ban companies from selling or transferring medical and location info with a few HIPAA-compliant exceptions. The bill, introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, would also give the FTC [$1B]( to enforce regulations and allow people to sue if they’re violated, [according to]( The Hill. Looking deeper… Warren has linked the bill to Roe v. Wade — the landmark case that secured constitutional abortion rights in the US — and the possibility that SCOTUS could [overturn]( it. Motherboard [recently reported]( on data brokers selling the location data of those who’d visited clinics that provide abortions, including how long they were there, and where they went before and after. “This is how you dox someone traveling across state lines for abortions — how you dox clinics providing this service,” Zach Edwards, a cybersecurity researcher, said. Data brokers have long dealt in sensitive info In a 2013 congressional hearing, World Privacy Forum executive director Pam Dixon [testified]( that brokers maintain “millions” of lists, including of people with mental health issues, cancer, and HIV — even people who’ve made late payments. And this isn’t the only concern lawmakers have had about Americans’ data and how it’s used. Sen. Ron Wyden, another backer of this bill, previously introduced the [Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act](, which would prevent brokers from selling data to law enforcement or other government agencies without a warrant. BTW: Feeling private? Here’s a big list of [opt-out guides]( to remove yourself from various data brokers’ lists. 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The idea: the higher the index, the worse the misery. The first misery index was developed by economist Arthur Okun, an advisor to President Lyndon Johnson, in the 1970s. Unrelated, but related: Apparently, it’s a [TikTok trend]( to drive past the Missouri state line while blasting Maroon 5’s “Misery.” [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Send as email to a friend](mailto:?subject=The%20Hustle%20wrote%20something%20I%20think%20you%27ll%20like...%0A&body=The+%E2%80%98misery+index%E2%80%99+is+rising%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fthehustle.co%2F06172022-misery-index%3Futm_campaign%3DFriday%2BEmail%26utm_content%3D06172022-misery-index%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Ddaily%0A%0AYou%20can%20subscribe%20with%20my%20link%20here%20to%20get%20the%20latest%20in%20tech%20and%20business%20daily:%0A [View on our website]( Recommendations [weekend-reads] Welcome to Weekend Reads: five recs to pair with your Saturday coffee. Let’s get to it. 1) In today’s world of endless distraction, getting anything done is a challenge. Terry Nguyen [explores the difference]( between rituals and routines, and why sometimes rituals are better. [Vox] 2) Patent Drop sifts through cool filings at the US Patent and Trademark Office so you don’t have to. The [latest post]( includes new patents from Snap, Amazon, and Nvidia. [Patent Drop] 3) White Claw, Aperol Spritz, Rose — all have been dubbed “the drink of summer.” But who actually gave them that title? [This piece]( walks through the tastemakers that help decide. [Thingtesting] 4) If you were granted $100k of shares in a private tech company last year, that value probably looks very different today. [Here’s an explainer]( on what to do with options during a downturn. [Every] 5) Business loans can be a useful tool in an entrepreneur’s toolbox — but interest rates can be the difference between savings or costs that add up down the line. 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