Post AAPJa1usvWsfFTAaps by M4x@chaos.social
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(DIR) Post #A9swQBr5I31N90Kjuy by JF@mastodon.codingfield.com
2021-08-01T15:20:38Z
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Did you know that @PINE64 #PineTime #InfiniTime works out of the box with FitoTrack, a privacy oriented fitness tracker for Android ?https://codeberg.org/jannis/FitoTrack
(DIR) Post #A9u53bMrMXeaM4SZmq by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2021-08-02T04:32:06Z
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@JFI've been looking for a #privacy friendly workout tracking app to record work out times, number of steps, heart rate etc from my #Pinetime. #Fitotrack sounded perfect so I installed it.It claims though that it can't record any workouts without turning the GPS on. This would automatically report all GPS, wifi, cellular and Bluetooth location data to #Google.This doesn't seem very privacy friendly!Is there something I'm missing here?
(DIR) Post #A9uH8w0vE8ELHmVZDc by doenietzomoeilijk@mastodon.nl
2021-08-02T06:47:31Z
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@JF @PINE64 I did not, but since there is a PineTime on the way, this is good to know. I knew about Gadgetbridge already, but more choices is more better, of course. Cc @Jelv @hans
(DIR) Post #A9uQ02WaY9uSSZ9Z4K by hans@social.woefdram.nl
2021-08-02T08:26:40Z
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Thanks for the heads-up, @DoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔Good to see that more and more projects have #Matrix rooms for questions and reports.
(DIR) Post #A9uTpB7odJMJlTdtFA by ampache@fosstodon.org
2021-08-02T09:09:40Z
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@JF @PINE64 no but I can't wait to get my pinetime and check it out!
(DIR) Post #A9vJpgolbefDUnQnjM by BrianA@mastodon.online
2021-08-02T04:57:03Z
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@Blort @JF I mean yeah, using an android device period is not privacy friendly. Unless your using lineage or something, but then you wont have all the google play apps that you might need. Really looking forward to the future of the #pinephone for that reason.
(DIR) Post #A9vJphM5blJpA91Pfc by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2021-08-02T05:10:40Z
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@BrianAAndroid doesn't claim to be privacy friendly and gives the option to turn location services off. Fitotrack claims to be privacy friendly but requires location services any time you use it to record a workout. The ability to record a workout without full access to location data doesn't seem like a huge ask in a fitness app that claims to be privacy friendly, imo.@JF
(DIR) Post #A9vJpi0rABvdCa5yDI by JF@mastodon.codingfield.com
2021-08-02T18:52:21Z
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@Blort @BrianA Well, from my point of view, the app is privacy friendly : it doesn't send any data to the cloud. It's also available on F-Droid, which is also good for your privacy. So yeah, it runs on Android and Android does not respect your privacy, but can you really blame FitoTrack for the flaws of the OS it's running on?Also, I think the GPS is needed to start a workout because most, if not all the info displayed by the app come from the GPS data.
(DIR) Post #A9vfFYFw9wezVaJTQu by mattbk@mspsocial.net
2021-08-02T22:52:20Z
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@JF @PINE64 this is cool. Do other apps work too? I can't seem to find a lot of info on #pinetime software.
(DIR) Post #AA4TyvuTby14sDmtTE by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2021-08-07T04:58:27Z
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@JF @BrianA The point isn't that it runs on Android. I have plenty of apps that run on android and don't require settings that send wifi, gps, cell tower, IP address *and* bluetooth data to Google. The problem is that FitToTrack makes it mandatory, without any option to turn it off for people recording non location specific workout data.In a privacy focused app this is very incongruous. How about asking for the location permission only when it's actually needed?#privacy #FitToTrack
(DIR) Post #AAPJa1usvWsfFTAaps by M4x@chaos.social
2021-08-17T06:10:52Z
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@JF @PINE64 Thanks, I didn't know that one and installing it right now. #fdroid
(DIR) Post #AAY9NYCWglJDIhRO9Q by polychrome@cybre.space
2021-08-21T12:29:00Z
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@JF @PINE64 the main use of linking the PineTime with FitoTrack is the heartrate sensor, right? Is this usable yet? Last I checked the heart rate sensor only kind of works when the user is at rest. :blobthinking:
(DIR) Post #AAYFSrf4MWqspRhzu4 by JF@mastodon.codingfield.com
2021-08-21T13:37:13Z
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@polychrome @PINE64 Yes, FitoTrack only tracks the heart rate from the PineTime. Well, the heart rate sensor is not that accurate right now, but it should be possible to improve it by improving the signal processing on the raw signal, though!