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Menstrual tracking app data is gold mine for advertisers that risks women safety

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Re: Menstrual tracking app data is gold mine for advertisers that risks women safety

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Post by brookst »

dinkblam wrote: post #7
olalonde wrote: post #3

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also in the 70s people would not even have "noticed" covid. back then people could not even be bothered to use seatbelts or stop chainsmoking (even in airplanes). what is considered "acceptable risk" has completely changed in the past few decades.

There were 3 million excess deaths in the US alone from Covid, even with drastic efforts to reduce. I assure you, it would have been noticed in the 1970’s the same way the 1918 influenza pandemic was.

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Post by gosub100 »

metrix wrote: post #4
olalonde wrote: post #3

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Can you explain?

When your ideologies don't stand on their own merit, one last resort is to redefine words (and hope nobody notices) in order to force people to believe what you say.

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Post by nemomarx »

calcifer wrote: post #15
metrix wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain?

Historically, "safety" referred to protection from physical harm. It has now expanded into psychological, emotional, economical realms. This had the (very much intended) effect of redefining "unsafe" from imminent and persistent threat to anything that makes me uncomfortable .

Not sure how that's super relevant here? "my data could be used to accuse me of a crime" is a threat of physical harm anyway, unless you define being arrested as safe.

And I don't really think public opinion has shifted on that part. You could argue about emotional comfort or something, maybe.

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Post by lesuorac »

sigmoid10 wrote: post #10
sandra_vu wrote: post #6

I have been thinking about building a privacy-first tracking app for years now.

The problem is that stuff like privacy and open source don't attract the vast sums of venture capital that ad-selling businesses do. Sure, an average dev could probably build a working app like that - but could you ship the same quality as someone who can afford to hire an entire UX team?

imo, the real problem is that you need to consistently ship. It you made a one-off app then it's going to get de-listed for not being updated despite not needing an update.

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Post by mensetmanusman »

brookst wrote: post #30
colanderman wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most abortions do not result from planned pregnancies. It's not a problem until it suddenly is.

Miscarriages are also being criminalized in the US.

Which section code?

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Post by mensetmanusman »

dinkblam wrote: post #7
olalonde wrote: post #3

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also in the 70s people would not even have "noticed" covid. back then people could not even be bothered to use seatbelts or stop chainsmoking (even in airplanes). what is considered "acceptable risk" has completely changed in the past few decades.

That’s also because they had much healthier weights and were on average a decade younger.
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