Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps leak data

[SerendipityJane]

www.theregister.com/2022/08/17/mozilla_pregnancy_app/

It's official: your period and/or pregnancy tracker will probably share your data with law enforcement. And they might even do it on purpose.

Eighteen of 25 reproductive health apps and wearable devices reviewed by Mozilla received a *Privacy Not Included warning label – meaning they have problems when it comes to protecting users' privacy and security.

This is especially worrisome in the post-Roe United States, where this data could be used by cops (or private bounty hunters seeking $10,000 bounties) to arrest women seeking abortion information or services in states where the procedure is now outlawed, according Jen Caltrider, Mozilla's lead researcher.

Ffs
Sorry, nothing constructive to add.

Big Brother Is Watching You.

George Orwell was prescient. Let's hope Margaret Atwood was not.

My DH teases me about my scepticism about new web services and apps, especially nosy health apps. I’ve never used one and ditched my Fitbit when Google bought the company out. This “news” is wholly unsurprising, but depressing nonetheless.

OMG. I'm a Brit long into menopause but this still scares me

I've heard that girls and women in America are not sharing their period tracking with their doctors either. It's a very scary place to be.

A fair number of digital health apps aren't fit for the purpose for which they're pushed and there are negligible agreed standards for handling personal data.