beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

Period tracking apps are creating more harms than benefits: Apps pose risks to health as well as privacy and require greater scrutiny

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Period tracking apps are creating more harms than benefits: Apps pose risks to health as well as privacy and require greater scrutiny

beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

Digital menstrual tracking risks creating more harm than benefit, argue experts - BMJ Group

Apps pose risks to health as well as privacy and require greater scrutiny Digital menstrual tracking risks creating more harm than benefit and requires greater scrutiny, warn experts in The BMJ today. Widely promoted to women and girls on social media and by tech firms, menstrual tracking apps and other “femtech” tools claim to scientifically

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1436314/period-tracking-apps-are-creating-more-harms-than-benefits-apps-pose-risks-to-health-as

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If it was me, I’d just open my calendar and schedule a “massage”. Maybe switch terms with “pedicure”.

Or do those apps have more features than just dates?

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