With the stories about data from period tracking apps being shared with law enforcement, I was wondering if there was a self hosted alternative I could host for my daughter. My searches so far have not returned any good results. Thanks!
I wrote a period app for my partner, everything is encrypted and never leaves the device.
It has a option where you can set false passwords, so that if you are being compelled to unlock it, it will get up fake data.
Code is open source: https://github.com/cameroncros/PrivatePeriodTracker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cross.privateperiodtracker
It may not meet your needs, but perhaps worth a look. I am open to adding features (except for ads and tracking obviously).
(I have posted this before, but with an inappropriate account)
This is the lord’s work made real right here. Thanking you so much from Texas.
Texas is exactly why I wrote it. I wish my app was a waste of time and no one ever needs it :(
A woman. I’m interested too… It’s really tiring keeping track of it on an analog Calendar.
If you can’t find anything, I suggest you make her a barebones one or get her to use something like etar. It’s all local.
Got nothing to suggest but just wanted to call out that you’re an awesome
dadparent.Or mum
🤦♂️ Yep. Updated comment.
Sorry, I’m just a dude with no periods that buries my head in the sand a bit to much. The government is doing fucking WHAT with your period information? How is this any of their business? Why would they want to know this information?
Using it to determine if you get pregnant and then suddenly aren’t. So they can charge you for getting an abortion.
That is fucking insane, considering there are a million reasons why someone might not have a period (stress, could just be an irregular person, or literally no reason at all. Humans are not all the same). Or they could simply forget to input data into their calendar one time. Or they could simply decide that they don’t want to use the app any more, then change their mind a few months later. This data would be circumstantial evidence at best, and if anyone is being convicted of a crime based on this data, I am extremely suspicious of the court system in that country/state.
And that’s BEFORE we even talk about how it’s a huge invasion of privacy.
And which governments are doing this?
The third world government of Texas for one. Whether they target my kid or not, better safe than sorry.
Ah, based on the original wording, I thought this was something that was already happening. As you said, absolutely better to be safe than sorry. Do everything you can to avoid being put in a situation where you need to figure out if this will hold up in court. I want to believe it wont, but who tf knows with how this world is these days.
A US state has already subpoenaed Facebook for Messenger texts to prove an abortion case. It’s not speculative.
I read about that case, but if I am understanding that correctly, in those messages someone admitted to having an abortion. Having evidence of something happening and not having evidence of something not happening (e.g. a gap in period tracking data) are pretty different in the courtroom. I was specifically asking about subpoenaing period tracking data, citing a gap in the data as evidence of anything. If that held up in court, I would lose any remaining faith that I had in whatever government this happened under, because from a purely logical point of view, lack of data is not evidence of anything.
Circumstantial evidence can still be enough evidence to start an investigation, in pursuit of more solid evidence.
Normally this would be a reasonable course of action in proving someone guilty of a crime. However, here the law is completely unreasonable, and the process is being exploited.
There is considerable concern this will happen in the US post-Roe.
Folks are misleading you. There’s CONCERN this could happen, it’s not happening.
Men trying to control women’s bodies. Tale as old as time sadly.
Why do you even need an app? A paper calendar should suffice. Seriously, what function does an app do?
Besides ease of use and the practicality of having it at hand at all times, these apps show you important stats like longest time between periods, average time between periods, current time since last period. Same with length of period. All useful stats for you, your doctor, and potentially your partner if you’re trying for a baby.
Why not just make a spreadsheet?
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I’d probably just spin up a calendar such as one on Nextcloud but also change the name of the event to another plausible name such as:
Pay day.
Grandma coming to town.
Grandma leaving town.
Walk the cat.
Pick up groceries.
Collect mail.
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To tell you the truth - I don’t bleed from my genitals so I don’t have the solution for you.
Time between periods should be 24-38 days. If you can’t manage that in a calendar, how can an app know?
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Damage? What damage?
Also if you’re not on one you should be. Don’t want to be forced to have some bastard rapists kid.
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