Stardust Period Tracking App: Is Your Data Really Safe?
Period-tracking app Stardust claims that all its data is end-to-end encrypted, but does that mean users' personal information is really safe with the app? Stardust is an astrology-based menstrual cycle-tracking app that debuted on Apple's App Store last year. It became the most downloaded app on iPhones in late June after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, ending the Constitutional right to an abortion and instantly making abortion care illegal in more than a dozen states.
Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, many people are wondering whether their period-tracking data could be used against them in court if they were to seek an abortion in the states where it is now illegal. Concerned about their privacy, hordes of women on social media say that they are either deleting period-tracking apps from their phones or are seriously considering doing so. This is where Stardust caught the attention of many users with its promise of end-to-end encryption and rose to the top of the download list on the App Store.
Related: Why watchOS 9's Sleep Tracking Will Make Other Apps Unnecessary
In a press release in late June, Stardust said it would implement end-to-end encryption from June 29, so it would not be able to hand over personal user data to the government even if it's asked to do so. In an Instagram reel, Stardust founder and CEO Rachel Moranis further claimed that the company had spent more than a month developing end-to-end encryption for the app. This was possibly in anticipation of the Supreme Court's verdict following the publication of the leaked draft of the court's opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Despite Stardust's claims to honor user privacy, TechCrunch found that the app's current
Read more on screenrant.com
