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It's 2024. People still assume apps installed on their phones aren't siphoning every single 1 and 0 on your phone including your texts and recordings of your voice calls and then selling that data to a 3rd party advertising firm.
Why in FUCKS name would you put your menstrual cycle data on an app that some stranger made?
I think you may be way underestimating the number of people who have no idea the software they use is spying on them.
If it's under free licence like MIT, GPL or alike app can be inspected what it does and anything out of place we can remove.
Agreed. Although I think the usefulness of the apps are aimed at tracking fertility to help people get pregnant. Which is even more scummy that they sell the data.
It's useful?