Comment on Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report

• autonomoususer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Already trapped in iOS? More anti-libre apps make fixing that harder.

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  • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t disagree with that, but the point here was freedom from advertisers and general data privacy, not data portability.

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol sure apple doesnt use that data internally. /s

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      • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, probably someone would like to, but they can’t.

        I don’t know anything about health app in particular, but they posted some cool methods for finding highlight photos in your library using what they call “differential privacy” on their research blog.

        …apple.com/…/scenes-differential-privacy

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    • autonomoususer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then, read the first comment again.

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      • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Read the original comment again.

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