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Flo period tracker sells user data to Meta and Google (femtechdesigndesk.substack.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] 13 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

keep in an actual wall calendar in your home.

There's no need to go so primitive in response; just stick to offline FOSS apps that individuals made with no Internet permissions. F-Droid/Droid-ify has multiple offline period trackers.

... Wait, you are on Linux, right?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Naah. I'm running ancient hardware at this time.. My main home machine is a MacPro3,1 from 2008 - and running an unsupported install of macOS (I'm typing on a literal dumpster dive 2010 MacBook pro also running an unsupported macOS install) and faffing around with getting my gaming PC (a former hackintosh from 2014) set to run Bazzite - but all my hardware's ancient (I have ONE newer piece of hardwre to my name - a GTX 3060 and that is it.) so most of my plans are on hold.

    For the macOS, I'm in the "security through obscurity" hole right now.. (I do have Little Snitch and the firewall called Lulu running and tons of privacy tools in my browsers) and the PC only has Steam, GOG and Epic accounts on it.. Not even an email.

    I'm not earning shit at this time, so am somewhat limping along with the old kit I have. Got no budget for new hardware.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    But... that... that's one of the primary selling points of Linux (which is free, as you know): working marvelously on old hardware. You can even install entirely with no desktop if you're an expert in the terminal...

    Well, you're very obviously knowledgeable about what you're doing, so carry on. I just think we don't have to be Amish with private information as long as we're aware of what we're using to access it.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    It's not so much being amish as it is choosing, with a bit of circumspection, what to digitize and what not to. That wall calendar is 100% resistant to hacking and most people today won't even look twice at one if they're in a house.

    More security through obscurity, in a way..

    But I totally get the hardware/linux angle. My issue is hardware just starting to wear out. Got 2 PCI slots on the Mac already with dry solder joints and I just need to take a week and rip it all apart and reflow them all.. I just don't have the energy or focus, what with work.

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