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I'm trying to understand the problem those apps bring as a whole.

When an app has access to everything that concerns your health, what is the biggest threat that it can pose?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

The devs collecting and selling the data to advertisers and enemy governments I guess. Just use open-source apps and self-hosted data storage

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Please do recommend an open source fitness tracking app that supports watches from Garmin, I'll wait.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gadgetbridge is apparently going to support some of their devices in upcoming versions https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/garmin/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Good to know, thanks :)

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