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All Eyes on my Period? Period tracking apps and the future of privacy in a post-Roe world


Period tracking apps and the rollback of reproductive rightsThe aftermath of the overturning of Roe v.

While our investigation did not uncover any serious technical failings at this time, the broader risks posed by today’s legal and political landscape highlight areas of concern that warrant closer scrutiny. Still, when weighed against the very real risk of law enforcement agencies attempting to obtain reproductive health data from app providers, local storage offers a clear protective advantage. For instance, data points such as phone model, IP address, location, and the precise time a user opens the app could potentially be stitched together to uniquely identify an individual, or at the very least, profile them as someone who menstruates.

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