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submitted 4 days ago by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33995436

I am looking for a good fitness tracker to start doing cardio in a more measured way.

I was interested in Polar and Oura as EU alternatives (both Finnish companies), but both send data (health data, which is sensitive according to Article 9 of the GDPR) to AWS.

Are you aware of any EU solutions, or at least non-US, Chinese, Russian, or Israeli solutions, that do not send my data to companies in those countries?

I would like to be able to organize something self-hosted, but I don't think I'm capable of doing that yet.

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[-] massi1008@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

What a fantastic idea! After every cycling trip or run I'll pull out a ruler and paper map and measure how far I went!

[-] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Get a Garmin and never connect it to the Internet.

[-] johntash@eviltoast.org 2 points 3 days ago

I'm not sure how popular they are now, but there are speedometers/odometers you can get for bikes that are just physical devices. You wouldn't get a gps view of the route you took, but you could still easily track how far you went.

Not sure on running though. I guess some math with a pedometer would get you part of the way there?

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

If you measure it in minutes, it would be pretty easy. And measuring in miles also is pretty straightforward. Break out the measuring tool on your map of choice and write down how long your standard route is, any deviations you can guestimate quickly.

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