Dear all, The Flashlab seminar is thrilled to announce the first session of its new quarterly *“Bodies and Digital technologies” series* which will be held in hybrid format on* Thursday April 18, 2024* from *4pm to 5:30pm Central European Time (CET)*. We will welcome *Zelly Martin* (The University of Texas at Austin) for a presentation entitled: *“End-to-end encryption as sociotechnical process: How pro-choice activists construct security beyond material tools.”* *Abstract*: On June 24th, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and thus the federal right to abortion for people who can get pregnant in the United States. In the nearly two years since, 21 U.S. states have restricted or banned abortion, resulting in a cascade of suffering, including people forced to travel to access abortion care of even wanted pregnancies with fatal fetal abnormalities. Concurrently, our increasingly datafied society and related surveillance capitalism poses dire threats for people who use the internet to access abortion or do abortion-related work. Social media platforms share data with law enforcement that can–and has–negatively impact those seeking care, as in the infamous case of a Nebraska mother and daughter’s Facebook messages being used as evidence to criminalize the daughter’s self-managed abortion. As such, encrypted messaging apps, or chat apps which ensure only the sender and receiver of a message may view its content, have become crucial tools for abortion-seekers and abortion activists. Yet, there are potential harms associated with such a heavy reliance upon exclusively technical security. As part of my dissertation research, I conducted interviews with pro-choice activists, anti-abortion activists, pro-encryption activists, and Texas law enforcement to understand the sociotechnical processes of creating privacy and security in a post-Roe America. In this talk, I will explore the continued necessity for feminist community-building beyond mere technical security, and the need for reframing encryption ideology beyond its techno-libertarian, white, patriarchal roots. *Flashlab is an independent hybrid seminar led by and for early-stage social science researchers interested in digital technologies. Sessions are usually held in Paris, France and online.* Practical information are shared ahead of time on the seminar mailing list: flashlab@framalistes.org. Alternatively, feel free to request the connection link directly at flashlab.contact@gmail.com. Kind wishes, Valentin Goujon and Assia Wirth -- Assia WIRTH PhD Candidate @ Paris-Saclay University <http://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr> @AssiaWirth <https://twitter.com/AssiaWirth> <http://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr>