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Private Smartwatch? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by ApplyingAutomation@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm a privacy focused individual, I run GrapheneOS on my phone & self-host as much of my tech stacks to avoid sharing info with. I'm looking for recommendations of smartwatches that align with the ideals of this community. What watch do you use? What do you recommend?

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[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you want a watch the lines up with FOSS ideals you'd want something like banglejs, pinetime or pebble. If you want the best experience while still being private, I would recomended Amazfit paired with gadgetbridge. Their watches are cheap, look nice and they get great battery life. Works perfectly with gadgetbridge.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amazfit watches are a nightmare to pair with gadgetbridge, getting the auth key necessary to pair them is a completely ridiculous process.

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I suppose. I didn't have any trouble. I was up and running and paired with gadgetbridge within an hour of opening the box, and it was a one time thing.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

I can concur. I completely believe that the process could have got worse as they enshittified though.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Last time I checked the best corpo watches for gadgetbridge were the CMF 2 or 3

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or Mi bands (with GB). Xiaomi hardware is great ignoring their newer phones, but their privacy is horrendous(but as far as I know, they don't profit from their hardware sales at all, so you don't support the company).

If you want the official app, Garmin is relatively private, but it forces you to cloud sync if you use the app (the app works without GMS, but doesn't display the map.)