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Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 6 days ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The team behind menstrual health and period tracking app Clue has said it will not disclose users' data to American authorities, following Donald Trump's reelection.

The message comes in response to concerns that during Trump's second presidency, abortion bans that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 will worsen and states will attempt to increase menstrual surveillance in order to further restrict access to terminations.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but tracking period data can be very helpful for people. For a threat model of abortion criminalisation (or maybe trans healthcare criminalisation with treatments stopping periods, or really any kind of restrictions on medical autonomy), encryption at rest of locally stored period data is perfectly sufficient. They are not going to send military intelligence agencies after a random person having an abortion. It is actually a relatively low threat model, like equivalent to buying drugs online or something like that.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mostly mean having data stored in a centralized database owned by a corporation. Since even if it’s encrypted you’re just one warrant away from the data being handed over.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

If only the user has the key then there's no real concern with the data being handed over