Posted on 08/18/2022 3:01:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Of the 10 pregnancy apps, 10 period trackers and five wearables reviewed in the study, only seven were deemed to have safe user data and privacy practices. Most collected large amounts of personal data and shared it with third parties such as data brokers and advertisers. The study also examined security practices and found eight apps failed to meet minimum security standards and allowed weak passwords. Many apps also offered unclear policies surrounding police warrants for user data or made no stance on such requests.
Period tracking apps are used by nearly one in three women in the US, according to a 2019 survey published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, logging large swaths of information about length of menstrual cycle, types of birth control used, and other health issues.
The majority of the apps studied had “misleading” data-sharing policies and lacked clear guidelines on how data requests from law enforcement would be handled, the study showed.
Researchers are encouraging users to read up before they choose a tracking app, and to avoid apps that collect large amounts of data regardless of what privacy practices they advertise.
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I agree with everything you said, but I design the electrical grid so you owe me a job if it goes down.
:)
“Wait...you don’t use the Google Poop-Tracker app?”
You don’t need any app. All you need to do is look.
Do you have skid marks or not?
Most people today use their smart phone as their calendar. That's how I keep track of appointments down the road. Much easier and I get two different alerts so I don't forget. Calendars are so 20th century.
It is not just young people, I swear my brother would down load an app so he could flush the toilet from his phone.
He points out I am the one with the refractometer and why don't I just pick apples by the moon phase like our ancestors.
It’s hard to be consistent with one’s Luddite impulse.
Aren’t all devices not secure, sharing your personal data hither and yon?
Very true. My kitchen is mostly things you would see in a fifties kitchen BUT... touch not my infrared thermometer and do my InstaPot no harm lest I visit upon thee my wrath.
Doesn’t work like clockwork. Nice if you never had a problem with moon phases.
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