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Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 month ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The team behind menstrual health and period tracking app Clue has said it will not disclose users' data to American authorities, following Donald Trump's reelection.

The message comes in response to concerns that during Trump's second presidency, abortion bans that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 will worsen and states will attempt to increase menstrual surveillance in order to further restrict access to terminations.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok yeah, I understood everything in your first paragraph. The privacy part was what I was really asking about. So if you're not self hosting you're still at the whim of the person/company/whatever that is.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

You could also argue that if even if you're not self-hosting (i.e. renting server hardware from a 3rd party), your data is still in a siloed environment. While it may be accessible by law enforcement if you are targeted specifically, it's unlikely to be dragnetted like the data collected from popular apps.