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YSK: Flo period tracking app is proven spyware! Here is what you should use instead. (lemmy.ml)

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Developer of Popular Women’s Fertility-Tracking App Settles FTC Allegations that It Misled Consumers About the Disclosure of their Health Data;
Lawsuit claiming Flo Health app shared intimate data with Facebook greenlit as Canadian class action;
Google, Flo Health to pay $56 million in period-tracking app privacy case;
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety;
You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook

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[-] garlicandonions@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I have a TempDrop and use it for BBT tracking. It's got an app to do it. I assume this isnt private - how bad is it?

[-] beep@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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this post was submitted on 28 May 2026

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