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Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 week ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to c/technology

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As they should. I hope they burn all data and figure out a way to function going forwards without storing any data

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Or they could just store the data locally on the user's device and not transmit it back to a central server, such that the company never even has possession of the data nor any way to retrieve it? Like I get it would require a major rewrite if they weren't already doing this, but at least they'd be keeping their users safe while also having no way for authorities to gain any data.

[–] pbjamm 6 points 1 week ago

concerns anti-abortion state laws could allow phone searches for menstrual data

If the police search your phone then that would not protect you.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably a form of e2ee

[–] renard_roux 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That requires that you trust the app vendor not to have some sort of back door, no?

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Not necessarily. If you trust the code running on your device then there is no backdoor they could install on a server that would break e2ee. They would have to backdoor the client where the keys are.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

True, unless it's open source and maybe self hosted.

Edit: Nevermind, I'm right, I have no confidence in my own intelligence lol. If the key is on the phone and the phone stores the encrypted data to the server, that'll be secure