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Menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy, B.C. class-action lawsuit alleges (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users' highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember back in my teenage days, I tried to track some menstruations. It didn’t end well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Classic mistake. You weren't rich enough.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Damn man, my gf pays for this app. That's how we track her days. Corpos even know when we're probably having sex now D:.

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[–] [email protected] 134 points 8 months ago (5 children)

free, open source, everything stored locally: https://dripapp.org/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Thanks! Was looking for something more privacy focused. I had not found this one.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Here are some privacy focused alternatives (only for android 😕): https://pluja.github.io/awesome-privacy/#menstrual-cycle-trackers

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[+] [email protected] -70 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why the fuck would you ever enter that kind of information into your phone? Did they ever make any promises about it all being end-to-end encrypted?

Are the owners of the app based in a privacy friendly country? What kind of things do they require for passwords?

Worse than betterhelp right there. people that use services like those are fucking sheep.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Periods are awful to keep track of yourself, it's not a perfect, "every 4 weeks for 5 days" thing. Those apps actually recalculate the beginning and end of a period when something abnormal happens, like stress moving the period back a few days. This way you don't need to keep it in a personal calendar, which mind you, a lot of people don't even have.

Btw, most apps do also more than just regular tracking, they can predict how bad blood flow will be, and if your periods are known to be rather painful, they can keep track and remind you when a day comes on which you'd need to pack a few extra painkillers.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hard to argue with any of those points. Nice of you to kindly elaborate for people trying to blame the victims of the scheme.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago

While the explanation is great, I feel like it shouldn't even be necessary. Like, if people are using an app, can we not just assume that they have a reason for it? A reason that, to them at least, is a good one? Regardless of what the app is about, or which demographic is using it, it seems infantilising not to make that assumption.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Periods are never properly explained in school, a lot of people simply get taught by their mother, or survive with what little knowledge the biology textbook holds about them.

I cannot blame someone for not knowing how awfully complicated they are, when school at most teaches about the ideal period, not even mentioning how much can affect them, or how awful they can be for some people.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's f'ed up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Man, sometimes I feel like we've lost our spirit. I'm hopeful we can get it back, but these articles tell a different story. I hope for better days.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Your comment sounds AI generated lmao

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