True. But pen and paper are also notoriously used as evidence in court cases, and it’s state laws, not the Pentagon (for now) that are prosecuting women for not being baby machines.
Unfortunately doctors don’t tend to be foss enthusiasts. In general the people and professions touching the most sensible data are not also worried about loss of privacy, even if logically I feel like they should be?
Until there’s a huge momentum for software-that-respects-people, most will just use the same app as their friend or the one suggested by someone in charge
Fdroid store has several period tracking apps that don’t track anything more than your cycle.
pen and paper (or a fucking text document) is also notoriously unlikely to send your data to the pentagon
True. But pen and paper are also notoriously used as evidence in court cases, and it’s state laws, not the Pentagon (for now) that are prosecuting women for not being baby machines.
Unfortunately doctors don’t tend to be foss enthusiasts. In general the people and professions touching the most sensible data are not also worried about loss of privacy, even if logically I feel like they should be?
Until there’s a huge momentum for software-that-respects-people, most will just use the same app as their friend or the one suggested by someone in charge
Doctors don’t prescribe a specific period tracker app. People just use the first app they see in the Google store.
when you imagine stuff like a doctor slapping someone for using foss, does your brain also play the benny hill soundtrack?