Two investigations warn about how data collected through menstrual tracking apps can be used by governments to monitor people’s reproductive lives, and by companies to make a profit

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    Why discriminate by device or events when you have the LibreOffice spreadsheet? Answer: because some scenario have specific use case and you don’t want to cram one application with a billion features.

    For example, mowing the lawn is not regular, depends on external factors, and does not need to be analyzed. You only need to look at your garden and act accordingly.

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        A monthly event in your calendar then. There is nothing to analyze here unless you’re making statistics with the growth of your hair.

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              And this is about muddying the data for anyone who might be looking at reproductive data.

              I know I don’t need an app for keeping tracking my haircuts, but if it compromises data and it allows someone to track their period without worry, that’s the point.