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What are some privacy concerns that fitness apps bring?
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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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The devs collecting and selling the data to advertisers and enemy governments I guess. Just use open-source apps and self-hosted data storage
Please do recommend an open source fitness tracking app that supports watches from Garmin, I'll wait.
Gadgetbridge is apparently going to support some of their devices in upcoming versions https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/garmin/
Good to know, thanks :)
I don't use such apps so can't recommend anything. Ask someone who knows more about the topic
My point was such a thing does not exist.
Well I think I heard it does but I don't remember how it's called