FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 10 days agoCycling computers are getting inexplicably big - how did it come to this?www.cyclingweekly.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkCycling computers are getting inexplicably big - how did it come to this?www.cyclingweekly.comFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 days agoAre these things housing GPS modules, cameras, and microphones too? Every manufacturer of common goods wants to get on the surveillance game these days.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 days agoThat’s actually one benefit to many bike computers: they can be used offline and/or have no data connection or app. You could connect it to a manufacturer’s services, and lock down what data is shared. If I had to pick between a phone and a bike computer for privacy, it would be a bike computer.
Are these things housing GPS modules, cameras, and microphones too? Every manufacturer of common goods wants to get on the surveillance game these days.
That’s actually one benefit to many bike computers: they can be used offline and/or have no data connection or app.
You could connect it to a manufacturer’s services, and lock down what data is shared.
If I had to pick between a phone and a bike computer for privacy, it would be a bike computer.