narwhal@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoYour Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharingnoyb.euexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·1 year agoJust here to push https://gadgetbridge.org/ Get a smartwatch, replace the stock companion app with Gadgetbridge. Watch talks to Gadgetbridge, Gadgetbridge talks to watch. All over Bluetooth. Gadgetbridge has no internet access, up or down. It cannot send out any of your data. It remains sandboxed on your phone. You can totally uninstall the stock companion app.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoI notice FitBit isn’t supported though. Although that’s understandable. The wife had one and it wouldn’t talk to the official app reliably either.
minus-squareContend6248@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYeah these manufacturers make it harder to connect to, i already have to get the decryption key from the SQL database of the MiBand app to use my MiBand with Gadgetbridge. I guess FitBit saves it somewhat safe, that’s why it’s unsupported
minus-squareSuperEars@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI like the idea of this. At present time it doesn’t look like any Fitbit-branded devices are supported, unless I’m missing something.
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minus-squareBoring@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI really wanted to use gadget bridge. But they only support obscure watches and some Chinese knock offs. Amazing concept, but I guess its really hard to reverse engineer some of the protocols these major watch/fitness trackers use.
Just here to push https://gadgetbridge.org/
Get a smartwatch, replace the stock companion app with Gadgetbridge.
Watch talks to Gadgetbridge, Gadgetbridge talks to watch. All over Bluetooth.
Gadgetbridge has no internet access, up or down. It cannot send out any of your data. It remains sandboxed on your phone.
You can totally uninstall the stock companion app.
I notice FitBit isn’t supported though.
Although that’s understandable. The wife had one and it wouldn’t talk to the official app reliably either.
Yeah these manufacturers make it harder to connect to, i already have to get the decryption key from the SQL database of the MiBand app to use my MiBand with Gadgetbridge. I guess FitBit saves it somewhat safe, that’s why it’s unsupported
I like the idea of this. At present time it doesn’t look like any Fitbit-branded devices are supported, unless I’m missing something.
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Shitbit is hilarious
I really wanted to use gadget bridge. But they only support obscure watches and some Chinese knock offs.
Amazing concept, but I guess its really hard to reverse engineer some of the protocols these major watch/fitness trackers use.