3dogsinatrenchcoat comments on Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities

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[–] 3dogsinatrenchcoat@slrpnk.net 79 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

There are foss offline period tracking apps you can reccommend instead. Best if they just don't have the data at all

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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 23 points 2 years ago*

Add Periodical to the list. Data stored locally, and you can export it and transfer it to your new device in a .json file.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Time to start self hosting these for my friends

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[–] 3dogsinatrenchcoat@slrpnk.net 40 points 2 years ago

No self hosting needed! As I mentioned, these apps are fully offline - all data is stored on-device

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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Be careful with that, it could make you a target for a visit

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[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago

This reminds me: In countries like Russia and China, it's not unusual for police to just randomly stop people and search their phones, at which point even locally stored data isn't safe anymore. This could happen in America as well.

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