Your personal data should be yours and yours only; especially if it as personal as your period data.
I wouldn’t want my boss to know when I menstruate, just as I wouldn’t want to know when my neighbours have their periods. Each individual should own that information and control who they share it with and when.
The current problem we are facing is that this information – when synced with the cloud, whether it’s encrypted or not – is no longer within our control and therefore it’s no longer private. This information can be, and is being used against us. If your period is late, some authorities may – and do – ask themselves whether you had an illegal abortion.
We urgently need to regain control over our period data.
My Period Data Is Mine! – Project goals
1. Data remains on your phone
We need your help to build a period tracker which keeps your data on your phone and on your phone only – no transfers into the cloud; no handing over your data for “legal” reasons; no pseudo-anonymous handling of your data for unknown analysis; and no ads or other third parties tracking your app usage.
2. Local encryption
The data on your phone must be encrypted so that even if someone has your phone in their hands, they won’t be able to access your data unless you give them your My period data is mine! password. Law enforcement won’t be able to use backdoors to “legally” access your data unless you give them permission.
Your donations will pay for encryption experts who don’t come cheap.
3. User design and translations
To make this app available to the widest audience possible, your donations will also pay for professional user design and translations. We want everyone to feel that the app is easy to use and remember to use it every day.
In addition to the above, we welcome input and feedback from potential users to ensure we build what you want and need!
My Period Data Is Mine! – Project plan
Our “My Period Data Is Mine!” period tracker app is Free and Open Source, so please volunteer on GitHub as much time as you can to help with programming, user design or whatever your area of expertise – because together, we can make the best and most secure period tracker for us all.
If you don’t have time, please donate to our “My Period Data Is Mine!” period tracker, because the app will be free to download and use for everyone; forever.
Once your donations reach the funding goal, we will start immediately with setting up the team and get to work.
Our plan groups activities into 4 categories. Each activity should take us approximately 2 months to complete. In total, development should take 6 months and you will be able to use the period tracker before the start of summer 2023.
- Encrypted version: 2 months
We will start by encrypting the database and add password protection. Safety first as they say 🙂
- Basic version: 4 months
This version keeps the data on the phone and fully functions. It has daily entry, a monthly report view and password login.
- Advanced version: 6 months
This version contains all of the above and also a full health organizer (contacts, alerts, information updates).
We will be seeking user input to ensure the app delivers what people actually need.
- OMG version: developed in parallel
This version will include professional look & feel to make it easy to use.
Your donations will help make this app reality and keep people like you, like me and like your children safe. Your help makes this world better for everyone.
Thank you!
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