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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing

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Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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noyb filed three complaints against Fitbit. The health and fitness company forces new app users to consent to data transfers

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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

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