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The team behind menstrual health and period tracking app Clue has said it will not disclose users' data to American authorities, following Donald Trump's reelection.

The message comes in response to concerns that during Trump's second presidency, abortion bans that followed the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 will worsen and states will attempt to increase menstrual surveillance in order to further restrict access to terminations.

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don’t know if they’re already doing this, but they need to find ways to make security so robust that it is architecturally impossible for the business to handover useful data.

And here’s hoping courts continue to allow people to plead the 5th and not fork over passwords. If that protection falls, I don’t know how you’d design a digital workaround that would keep people out of contempt of court charges.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can already be compelled to give up biometric data like fingerprint to unlock your phone, I believe. I give it less than a year before SCOTUS extends that to PINs. And yes, I am sure they will find ways to get it out of people. Or if not, at least they tortured you, and that's what they really wanted.

Assuming we have anything resembling rule of law at that point.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Not a choice they can make, if they have the data then the government can compel them to turn it over

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I don't know much about menstrual cycles. Wouldn't it be easier and just as effective to track with pen and paper?

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Newsweek has reached out to Clue, the Trump campaign and Youngkin for comment via email.

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