Yes, it is sent back to fitbit and is available via any device running either the fitbit app or accessing www.fitbit.com. As for what the data is used for in addition to supplying the users with information, you would have to consult their privacy policy. AFAIK there is no way to run a local instance of fitbit on your machine. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > When I sync with Android, or whatever, does data get sent back to fitbit > corporation? That seems like the kind of thing everybody wants these days > -- high dimensional data about users. "Using the cloud" is synonumous with > "populating their database." > > Mike > > > > On Wed, 9 Apr 2014, Marc Thomas wrote: > > Mike, >> >> I used a fitbit for a while last year (It broke and I haven't replaced it >> yet). As of around October of 2013, there was no easy way to sync it using >> Linux. I mainly would reboot my laptop into Mac OS to get the syncing done, >> though towards the end my phone became my source of syncing (Nexus 4). Many >> of the most popular iPhone and Android devices can sync. Here's the >> currently supported list: http://www.fitbit.com/devices >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Are any of you using fitbit devices... >>> >>> http://www.fitbit.com/ >>> >>> ...with Linux?: >>> >>> http://lwn.net/Articles/532410/ >>> >>> It seems like it would be fun to have one to mess around with, but only >>> if it plays well with Linux because I'm avoiding every other OS as much as >>> possible. >>> >> _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Website <http://mathomaste.ch> : Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/103260909450809151378/about> : Twitter <https://twitter.com/mathomastech> : GitHub<https://github.com/mathomastech> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140409/b59ed425/attachment.html>