I don't have a period, so I'm not the best person to do it, but there really needs to be a solid FOSS alternative to flo. If GNU had more women, it'd probably already exist
Period tracking app, Flo, found to be selling user data to Meta
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#202Meta only cares about ad revenue so could they be researching or have discovered a link between buying trends and links to a woman's cycle?
a very old story - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...
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#203Re: Period tracking app, Flo, found to be selling user data to Meta
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That ridiculous bit of “modern” slang… that has been in use for a few hundred years? Not a word I use much myself except when referring to “yappy little dogs”, but it is definitely common among those the generation above me and that above them.
I think it's pretty obvious that it's being used differently here. And in a way that is annoying enough to me to guarantee that I don't make it past that word.
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#205Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that kind of thinking is similar to the "both sides" stuff in politics. There's a meaningful difference in trustworthiness between different options. For instance, if you need to track your period, the built in iOS apps are secure, especially if you're using advanced icloud encryption.
The trouble is that it's literally impossible to tell what applications are trustworthy and what applications are not, or whether they'll remain trustworthy over time. So you have to treat them all as untrustworthy. It's a fair rule of thumb because the majority of them can't be trusted.
I'm hearing you say that it's impossible to tell the difference between the trustworthiness of Apple and of Flo?
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#206I don’t have the right configuration of equipment to use an app like this, but does anyone know why this needs to be a service-driven app? What piece of functionality requires a server to track your health?
From an user perspective, easier data sync and access between devices
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#207I don’t have the right configuration of equipment to use an app like this, but does anyone know why this needs to be a service-driven app? What piece of functionality requires a server to track your health?
The blockchain should have solved this.
The app in question couldn't be bothered to do E2EE, and your solution is a public, immutable database?
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#208I don't really give a shit at this point. In Toronto it's legal to even record into your condo neighbor's unit 24/7 and livestream your recording to the Internet, unbeknownst to the inhabitants. It has been demonstrated that nobody will enforce anything.
At this point I am a privacy nihilist, and I expect all information about anyone to be exploited all the time. Everyone should do the same.
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#209Haven't we known this for years? There's been thorough documentation of the violation of privacy in period tracking apps as far back as 2021. It's even been written about when it comes to Meta.
Meta ‘eavesdropping’ on Flo exposes how period apps are a data… | TBIJ https://share.google/qYTopS5goSKE0Dyna
Re: Period tracking app, Flo, found to be selling user data to Meta
#210I don’t have the right configuration of equipment to use an app like this, but does anyone know why this needs to be a service-driven app? What piece of functionality requires a server to track your health?
The spying part requires a server. If you use GrapheneOS, you can enable or disable internet access for each app.
Motorola needs to hurry up and release their GrapheneOS devices, I need a new phone soon(TM) (next year or two) and I refuse to give google money to buy hardware to avoid Google.