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.
Comment on Menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy, B.C. class-action lawsuit alleges
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
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?
Plague_Doctor@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 8 months ago
I think you may be way underestimating the number of people who have no idea the software they use is spying on them.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
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.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 8 months ago
It’s useful?