Majority of period-tracking app share incredibly sensitive data with Facebook and bottom-feeding analytics companies

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/11/bleeding-information.html

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Thank god for menopause.

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I’m sure marketers consider menopause to be an opportune data point as well.

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and the apps are?

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AFAIK, there are no apps for it.

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Now I’m curious. Looks like there’s menopause-inclusive women’s health platform Rory, wearable+app EmbrWave, and symptom tracker Menopause View, for a start.

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I’ll be darned! There’s an app for that.

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Isn’t that how people find out that they’re pregnant: When their browsing fills up with baby ads?

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Glad to see the app i’ve been using for years (My Calendar) is one of the ones that doesn’t transmit data, because it’s pretty robust and helps me track medication, moods, and symptoms as well.

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