▲ 333 ▼ YSK: Flo period tracking app is proven spyware! Here is what you should use instead. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by beep@piefed.world to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments Read Developer of Popular Women’s Fertility-Tracking App Settles FTC Allegations that It Misled Consumers About the Disclosure of their Health Data; Lawsuit claiming Flo Health app shared intimate data with Facebook greenlit as Canadian class action; Google, Flo Health to pay $56 million in period-tracking app privacy case; Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety; You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook Android: BlueMoon; Periodical; Menstrudel. iOS: Menstrudel; Drip; Euki; Apple Health.
[–] lena@gregtech.eu 16 points 3 months ago (1 child) Drip is also on Android, available both as an APK and on the Google Play store. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) And on fdroid. It's fully offline AFAIK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whilefalse@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yes, completely on device. I happen to personally know one of the maintainers and got to discuss some of the code with her. Also completely open source, so if you don’t trust the packaged apps, you could even build it yourself from source https://gitlab.com/bloodyhealth/drip permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago That is a legendary GitLab user name. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) And on fdroid. It's fully offline AFAIK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whilefalse@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yes, completely on device. I happen to personally know one of the maintainers and got to discuss some of the code with her. Also completely open source, so if you don’t trust the packaged apps, you could even build it yourself from source https://gitlab.com/bloodyhealth/drip permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago That is a legendary GitLab user name. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whilefalse@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yes, completely on device. I happen to personally know one of the maintainers and got to discuss some of the code with her. Also completely open source, so if you don’t trust the packaged apps, you could even build it yourself from source https://gitlab.com/bloodyhealth/drip permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago That is a legendary GitLab user name. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago That is a legendary GitLab user name. permalink fedilink source parent