this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
60 points (98.4% liked)

Privacy

2685 readers
124 users here now

Icon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Ategon@programming.dev
danielintempesta@programming.dev
60
Menstruation apps: What happens to your data and how it can be used to criminalize abortion (english.elpais.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev
15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Two investigations warn about how data collected through menstrual tracking apps can be used by governments to monitor people’s reproductive lives, and by companies to make a profit

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] cibicibi@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

We don't need an app for everything. Humanity have dealt with mesturations for millenniums without them. Even locally stored data can be used as evidence if the device falls in wrong hands.

The best way to protect your information is to keep them in your head.