On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:41:36 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019, tom wrote: > > > It is worth keeping in mind the privacy implications of such a > > service. The company behind the Find My Droid program also has > > access to everywhere you are or have been with historical archives. > > That can be extremely sensitive information. > > Tom, > > This is important information; I was certainly now aware of it. > > I've had mobile phones since the early 1990s and last week's loss of > the Treo was a first. I've also not broken a phone, washed it, or > dropped it in the commode. While there's always a first time for > anything, I'll be paying very close attention to the presence of my > new Nokia. > > > It is possible to achieve the same functionality without > > compromising privacy. If you have a Nextcloud account (can be > > selfhosted) there is an extension called PhoneTrack. It allows your > > Nextcloud instance to have an API for loggers. If you use an > > application like Ulogger or something similar you can send your > > location data to yourself and store it in a database you control > > without disclosing that info to any third parties unless you wish > > to. > > Thank you for making me aware of the potential privacy dangers of > Find My Droid and for offering a functional solution. I'll certainly > keep this in mind. > > Best regards, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug No problem, glad I could help. -- _________________________________________ / The most costly of all follies is to \ | believe passionately in the palpably | | not true. It is the chief occupation of | | mankind. | | | \ -- H.L. Mencken / ----------------------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
