Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety
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:::I know people can read it if they want. I don't see what it is to you.
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Wrong, Apple Health fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software. Does Apple really think we are this easy to scam? It bans us from fixing backdoors.
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
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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.
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Oh for fucks sake, I already apologized twice.
But still walking alone into a dark alley at night in a questionable neighborhood is not the smartest thing if you don't want to be assaulted.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.
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For christ sake, is there no open source option for such a simple task?
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2 people here could point to drip within 15 minutes of my post, and a third to the fact there are options on F-droid. So why the fuck don't women just use that?
Well i guess the ones with harmful advertising have better graphics or somemeting. Or the fact they allow advertising makes them more visible on google play. And you probably can't even get drip on iPhones.Feedback I've heard about Drip was that the interface was slightly wanting. Which is a shame. Sample of one, bear in mind!
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Yeah, discoverability is a massive issue on the Play store. If it doesn't bring Daddy Google 30% of whatever they shovel through in ad money or mtx, then you won't see it.
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.
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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.
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Already trapped in iOS? More anti-libre apps make escape harder.
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.
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Getting an app like drip, libre software, is not 'extremism'. lmao
I didn’t realize those were baseband firmwares. Neat!
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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.
Read my first comment again.
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I didn’t realize those were baseband firmwares. Neat!
Some people never learn.
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Some people never learn.
What baseband firmware do you use? And who maintains that firmware?
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Read my first comment again.
Read the original comment again.
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What baseband firmware do you use? And who maintains that firmware?
How does this fix our menstrual apps?
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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.
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.
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How does this fix our menstrual apps?
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.
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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.
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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?
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Can you name a phone that has libre hardware as an alternative?
How does trapping ourselves in yet another anti-libre app, like Apple Health, help escape anti-libre software or hardware devices?
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How does trapping ourselves in yet another anti-libre app, like Apple Health, help escape anti-libre software or hardware devices?
If libre apps run on proprietary hardware, is it really under your control?
