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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A similar argument I hear is "If they want me, they will find and arrest me no matter my precautions".

Kinda yes... But why are you talking about threat models that include someone deliberately hunting you down? We are not high-ranking dissidents or criminals that they would put effort and money into finding. Our concern is passive surveillance - maybe the collected info doing us a disservice (like being leaked for scammers or sold to an evil ex), maybe even something mundane getting flagged and us being arrested just to serve as an example.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

e.g. Period tracking apps being used as evidence when prosecuting people who seek abortions

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes. There are a lot of reasons why any one of us could turn into a high value target at the drop off s hat. If not to a government, then to an organisation or a lone lunatic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

those can be open-source and selfhosted, no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, absolutely! But that wasn't the point - rather that the spyware ones are popular for some reason, and thus can serve as a sad example of "low-hanging fruit to make an example of".

(TBH I don't get the need for a separate app in general, seems gimmicky, I just use a normal calendar)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

they collect data about every user, not just abortion seekers, propably