I get that. It shouldn't be necessary to do research just to be sure it's safe. I apologise for my aggressive tone. It must be really scary and exhausting to live somewhere like that. My country is still holding up but seems to be sliding slowly in that direction too.

So do whatever makes you stay safe and feel safe.

That is pretty cool. But I have to think since the US is the country in which this is pertinent an iOS app would be most effective.

I know people can read it if they want. I don't see what it is to you.

Yeah I know it’s not FOSS in the slightest, but it’s not a predatory app selling your health data to the highest bidder, presumably. I acknowledge that requires taking Apple’s word at face value though

The same could be said of to-do lists, right? But I still like having an app with a checklist, because my phone is always with me and a piece of paper is not.

When I did have periods (thank god for testosterone), I had a really difficult time keeping track of them and they were often very irregular. The app I used helped me pick up patterns and would warn me when I needed to be prepped. My dysphoria cope was pretending that they didn’t happen ever, so it was helpful to have that occasional “hey, pack some pads today” as a notification without constantly checking a calendar.

if you don’t want to be assaulted.

you don't have to apologize, that's not my point. in fact i want you to quietly think about how what you said before, and just now might be wrong til it hits home for you.

i know it seems like im baiting an answer. its the net, arguing is fun, nothing's stopping you from replying, but I'm being straight with you. stop victim blaming. you're not stupid, im not saying you are. *please, stop. it only helps the oppressor, and we're all getting stomped by that boot.

i want you to know im not tryina bust your chops specifically. sure, i picked your comment to reply to, but it's nothing personal.

I'm also speaking broadly to the room, reminding everybody what we already know; that how we look at pervasive surveillance n how we got to live under it is absolutely broken.

Feedback I've heard about Drip was that the interface was slightly wanting. Which is a shame. Sample of one, bear in mind!

I'm not sure what the best answer to that is. I don't think it's forcing Google to improve its search results.

I want it to be the average person gaining a baseline level of computer and media literacy such that they seek out and find apps that cannot send sensitive data to third parties without the user's clear intent, but I don't think we'll ever get there.

Unfortunately I think the age of computer literacy came and went. Phones don't even seem to want you to know that a file is a thing.

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

But there is an "export all data" feature in health, though.

I didn’t realize those were baseband firmwares. Neat!

Read my first comment again.

Some people never learn.

What baseband firmware do you use? And who maintains that firmware?

Read the original comment again.

How does this fix our menstrual apps?

It is improving search result, with filters. Ads, tracking, data deletion possibility, in-app purchases, license, etc...

At least some of these are already tracked.

Apple already fixed it years ago when they released iOS 12.

Backing up health records data

You can use iCloud to store your Health data, including health records, using end-to-end encryption (requires iOS 12 or later and two-factor authentication). Health and health records data is also included in local iTunes backups, if you’ve configured your iTunes backups to be encrypted.

About the privacy and security of your health records - Apple Support

Learn how Apple protects your privacy when you use Health Records to download your data from your healthcare organizations.

Apple Support (support.apple.com)

Can you name a phone that has open source basebands that has a FLOSS license attached to it? Surely if you're arguing against apple, you are not using a phone that has proprietary blobs in the firmware.

Wrong, as shown above, Apple Health fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software.

'Open source' misses the point of libre software.

Can you name a phone that has libre hardware as an alternative?