OpenWeatherMap have now replied to my email to them where I asked what they logged when calling their API. And they do log a lot! IP addresses, location, operating system, and more.

I will prepare to make the move to met.no while waiting for their reply to the same question. Hopefully, they will not log as much or better yet, nothing at all.

I will prepare to make the move to met.no while waiting for their reply to the same question. Hopefully, they will not log as much or better yet, nothing at all.

Edit OpenWeatherMap have now replied to my email to them where I asked what they logged when calling their API. And they do log a lot! IP addresses, location, operating system, and more.

Sounds like met.no is a different services than YR. I did send them an rmail yesterday. We’ll see what they say, but I do really like their API. So I might make the switch even if they log something when calling their API.

Sorry for a late reply.

Yes, Serenum API uses OpenWeatherMap :) I have sent an email to OpenWeatherMap regarding their privacy policy, if they log anything when calling their API.

And regarding the API at met.no. I didn’t knew YR was FOSS :O Really good! Will take a closer look into it!

However, it is unclear if YR log anything from when using their API (source: https://hjelp.yr.no/hc/en-us/articles/360003337614-Privacy-policy). This applies to OWM as well. I’ll wait for their reply over email before I decide to switch or not.

Many thanks for telling me this! :D

Edit: After reviewing api.met.no’s locationforecast, I will email them to ask what they log when calling their API. If they say that they do not log anything, I might choose YR over OWM, no matter what OWM says.

Good idea! I have added it to the kanboard and will see what I can do 🙂 Thanks!

I understand you, but I built Serenum API for a reason 🙂 You can find the reason here: https://lemmy.ml/post/178528/comment/124647

Please note that the pollen data have been removed from the API due to complications with Ambee.

I tried to install Lemmy with Docker on my RPi 4 few days ago. I couldn’t complete the installation because it doesn’t support ARMv7. So Lemmy works on RPi 4 is just a big lie 😔 Or is there any solution to this?

I find Foxy Droid as the best one.

Thank you :)

Yes, they do have the power to decrypt your data and peak into it, but why should they? Pavel and his brother created Telegram mainly for privacy. Source: https://www.businessofbusiness.com/articles/why-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-made-the-worlds-most-anti-authoritarian-messaging-app/

I would love to see that you can self-host Telegram and also see the source code for MTProto. So far, they don’t have done this. On their FAQ page, they say “yet” to making Telegram self-hosted and federated. With other words, they haven’t decided if they will make Telegram self-hosted or not yet. Source: https://telegram.org/faq#q-can-i-run-telegram-using-my-own-server

I love privacy and I also love self-hosting. So much, that I am building my own services in order to not use other services, for an example a weather service. But I do trust Pavel because Telegram are awesome (duh) and because his purpose of Telegram and because he is informing his users and others in his channel about stuff (bonus link: the Telegram Geeks channel).

The future has not been written yet, but if Telegram continues to be this awesome, the future for Telegram is quite bright.

https://telegram.org/faq#q-there-39s-illegal-content-on-telegram-how-do-i-take-it-down

https://telegram.org/faq#q-do-you-process-data-requests

https://telegram.org/faq#q-what-if-my-hacker-friend-says-they-could-decipher-telegram-mes

https://telegram.org/privacy#4-1-storing-data

https://telegram.org/faq#q-what-are-your-thoughts-on-internet-privacy

https://telegram.org/privacy#3-3-1-cloud-chats

I don’t have the mentally strength to look for further sources.

You get monitored by Facebook in WhatsApp thanks to metadata and Facebook are trying to somehow detect what you have sent to provide personalized ads.

Telegram are built on privacy and security. Except for the metadata, you will not be monitored and the non-personalized ads are only visible in huge channels (like Pavel Durov’s own channel) and groups. I am a member in Pavel’s channel and I have seen zero (0) ads so far. Guess they haven’t released this feature yet?

If you want E2EE in Telegram, stop using cloud chats and only focus on secret chats. They are working on adding secret chats to the desktop versions.

I am really looking forward to Telegram releasing the source code for MTProto as soon as Russia stops wanting the source code for themselves (Pavel’s words, not mine). We all know how Russia is.

Everything else except MTProto are open sourced.

I started to reclaim my privacy back in 2016 when I switched from Windows to Linux. Today, I only use Windows for gaming and photo editing (Adobe Lightroom are still the best out there for me).

When it comes to VPN, I have used Mullvad VPN for years now. Super cheap (only 5 EUR per month) and privacy friendly.

But VPN only encrypts your connections and points your IP to somewhere else. If you want to take your privacy seriously, you need to take some actions and not only focus on the VPN part. For an example, Facebook, Twitter, Google Chat, Messenger, WhatsApp, Skype, Discord, and more are really, really bad for your privacy.

Instead, use XMPP or Matrix for chat options. If you want an encrypted service yet get better privacy than WhatsApp, use Telegram. Signal uses servers from big tech companies, but yet Signal are still better than WhatsApp.

Mastodon instead of Twitter and Facebook. Revolt or Mumble instead of Discord. Invidious, Piped, youtube-local, or NewPipe instead of YouTube. ProxiTok instead of TikTok. And so on.

Use containers for Google and Facebook services in a browser.

I guess you get the idea 🙂

Sweet! 😍 Next: reCAPTCHA! Go, go, go!

First I have to say good 🙂 Local weather stations and thermostats are more accurate for your place than what weather services like OpenWeatherMap are.

Compared to other weather services, Serenum API will never use your geolocation or IP address to pinpoint your location. You enter this information manually in the address field.

When the new website for Serenum releases, it will never use your IP address nor your geolocation. You will enter the desire location via a form. The current website at serenum.org/beta do geolocate you, but only on your terms. But since it’s only a beta, that feature does not always work.

Serenum are and will always be free to use, and Serenum will never log anything about you. OpenWeatherMap and Ambee (if enabled) might log something about you, though.

Finally! Huge thanks!

I’ve used it for a while now and I really like it! It is in the alpha stage, but it is very stable and neat. Can’t wait until they release the final version.

The only downside with Revolt is the lack of good Android apps. But, like I’ve said, it is in alpha so I can’t complain that much 😊

Apperantly, they run E2EE which means no servers are being used for storage of what people send to each other. They tell their visitors this on olvid.io (below “Olvid cares for you”).

https://olvid.io/technology/en/#security > Encrypted e-mails:

Plain text unencrypted metadata in the header

Me logging in to my account on posteo.de and checking the settings:

Activate Posteo crypto mail storage for your account: This function encrypts your entire email data at the press of a button, including all content and metadata. The encryption is comprehensive; it encompasses your existing email archive, all newly-arriving emails and your notes.

Lie #1. I think Olvid needs to be more updated :)

And on Olvid’s privacy policy page:

Olvid does not collect ANY personal data.

Next section:

Olvid simply uses purely technical data, i.e. users’ IP addresses

IP addresses counts as personal data -.- Lie #2. But! They states that they do not consulting, collecting, or keeping the IP addresses… but they collects them?

After installed the application, I saw that I need to give them money in order to make secure calls. But to receive secure calls are 100% free. That’s a deal-breaker for me. Uninstalled…

I tried this app yesterday when a new update was released to F-Droid. After using Forecastie for a while now, I found QuickWeather not as simple as Forecastie.

And after reading the comments here, I just wanted to say this: Geometric Weather are no longer in development and the last update was released back in April this year.

OP did mention trackers (look in the title of this post). But that title are wrong. So, so wrong. Firebase are not a tracker. I have only stated the fact that Signal uses Google and asked, “what did you expect?”

If I have given any missleading information, I am sorry. I had just woke up when I posted my 2 first replies here. Am more awake now ^^

I can’t since I am only a web programmer. Instead, I gather information from valid sources and listen to what other people say.

If Signal now are fully E2EE where nothing is logged, not even metadatas, then why do Signal use Firebase?

Oh, I know what Google Firebase are. Maybe you don’t know what Firebase are?

https://medium.com/firebase-developers/what-is-firebase-the-complete-story-abridged-bcc730c5f2c0

Like I said, it is Google we’re talking about here. Nuff’ said.

It’s Google we’re talking about here. Nuff’ said.

Well. What do you expect when you use a service that are based in USA, have closed their source code (or have they re-opened it again?), and are using mainly Google as server provider?

I am using LinkAce and self-hosting it on my server. Works perfectly.

Again?! Holy shit, their scurity are really weak!

Yeah. I totally agree. lofi should be only instrumental with minimal voices or none at all. I’ve heard lofi mixes (usually in those sad mixes) where you can hear Lisa and Bart from The Simpsons talk, but with an small echo and their voices lowered down a tiny bit. That combo works perfectly! It adds a lot to the atmosphere of the music.

To be honest, I didn’t knew that there was any lofi mixes with rap in it until yesterday.

Yepp! ^^ But after 20 minutes when the rap comes in, I disliked it.

Facebook makes me sick :/