Clue vows to safeguard users following the 2024 election amid concerns anti-abortion state laws could allow phone searches for menstrual data.
  • guillem@aussie.zone
    62·
    3 days ago

    FYI there are some apps on the F-Droid store that probably won’t have to protect any data from the authorities because it stays in your phone and is not sent anywhere to begin with.

  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
    51·
    3 days ago

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

        • bamboo@lemm.ee
          3·
          2 days 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@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          2 days 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

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
      34·
      3 days ago

      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@beehaw.orgEnglish
        5·
        2 days 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.

  • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
    50·
    3 days ago

    Fwiw, this article says the name of the app is Clue. As a dude, I have no need of such an app, but as a security minded individual, will encourage my female friends to use it if needed and hope the developers continue to have security in mind.

    Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has blocked a bill in the state that would have banned law enforcement from enforcing search warrants for menstrual data stored in tracking apps on mobile phones or other electronic devices,

    And as a Virginian, I will once again vote against the enemy of security and privacy: Glenn Youngkin.