Privacy respecting smart watches for android (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Arxir@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Recently got a Galaxy 4 smart watch gifted, but I am continuously getting barraged with (repeated) permission requests and hit with restrictions on features due to not granting certain permissions.

Is there an alternative that fulfills the following requirements:

respects my privacy by both, not storing my data on their servers and not selling my data, both health and identity data.
works with Android, i.e. Is not restricted in use by using Android as the Galaxy 4 apparently is.

I mainly want to use the watch to track sport sessions, basically just for running.

Are there any tips on how to keep my peace of mind when dealing with smart watches? Things to keep in mind, etc?

Thanks in advance!

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Garmin devices are generally better, and some of them have features to keep data locally only. There's also an open source program that you can get to handle data from various smart devices, which might work if you keep yours or go with a different brand. I haven't tried the program and don't remember what it's called, but someone will probably chime in with it.

The Garmin devices are pretty solid as well. I got a mid range one that does all the health stuff I was looking for.

Also this is a nice starting point when exploring privacy respecting products in some category

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/

this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023

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