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    • Frozengyro@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      And make sure to lock it in a safe and burn it when you’re done with it. Also don’t share with your health Care provider without vetting them, and ensuring they aren’t recording and disclosing your information. Or using AI. Good luck, essentially impossible to get good health Care for women, same as it ever was.

      • dkppunk@piefed.socialEnglish
        261·
        2 months ago

        Hi! Woman here and that guy is correct. Tracking your cycle on paper is far safer than any app ever could be. These apps are not safe for your personal data.

        I’ve been tracking in my paper planner for the last few years and I haven’t had to worry about any of these apps or companies getting my data. I track PMS symptoms, start and end times, amount of flow, and more. I can take my planner to the doctor to discuss any issues that may come up.

        Calendars, bullet journals, and graph paper are the best ways to track periods.

  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    2 months ago

    Nothing, you should never use an app to track your period. Use a calendar there is no reason you should give that sort of info to anyone besides a doctor.

    • ChexMax@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 months ago

      The reason is to get a notification it’s coming. The reason is because I’m so fried surviving, I don’t have the mental energy to spend on calculating the due date and then changing it by a day due to trends I’d also have to track. I barely remember to log it in an app, there’s no way I’m logging it on a calendar, and then keeping track of that paper for multiple months or years to track trends. bleeding through my pants at work is worse to me than the spyware. Being a woman is hard enough. Blame the Spyware, not the women.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      22·
      2 months ago

      Or understand the difference between software that mines data and software that just does what it says. If it advertises cloud features, then it’s probably a data mining app. There’s firewall apps that make any other app need permission to use the internet at all that you can use as a gatekeeper, but then you need to adopt the mindset of wondering why an app wants internet access instead of just clicking “allow” so that things work asap.

      But yeah, pen and paper or even a spreadsheet not dedicated to tracking periods are good options if you want to avoid worrying about all that. Only thing I’ll add is that it applies to a lot more than just period tracking apps and IMO is as useful these days as knowing how to do basic car or home maintenance.

  • Melobol@lemmy.ml
    4·
    2 months ago

    Euki is also on Android.
    It only stores local, so as safe as a phone app can be.

  • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Digital period tracking in an age where abortion is under attack is a recipe for some dystopian handmaid type shit. I’ll continue to track on a paper calendar I can easily incinerate.

  • grue@lemmy.world
    62·
    2 months ago

    Withholding my upvote because your links are to Play Store instead of F-Droid.

    • mlfh@lm.mlfh.orgEnglish
      181·
      2 months ago

      Private until apple gets a subpoena from a prosecutor in some medieval christo-fascist red state trying to turn a miscarriage into a murder charge.

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        43·
        2 months ago

        Apple employs on-device storage. Don’t use iCloud backup. I don’t know how the listed apps work, but if there’s a cloud sync, the same thing applies to them - and they’re less able to fight it should they choose to.