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Slightly related. Only a month ago I deleted my RescueTime account and the app from my Mac. With all the privacy issues lately, I finally realized how much data
by ancorevard 8y ago
Slightly related. Only a month ago I deleted my RescueTime account and the app from my Mac. With all the privacy issues lately, I finally realized how much data I'm sending RescueTime, and a made a decision.
I don't have a reason to mistrust them, but I also don't have a reason to give them this much of my trust either. A breach of the RescueTime database would be insanely invasive.
- parhamn 8y agoIf you're on a mac I'm a big fan of Qbserve[1] which stores the data locally. [1] https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/ https://qotoqot.com/qbserve/
- gietema 8y agoI just did the same because of your comment. Thanks.
- Avamander 8y agoCould someone please recommend a cross-platform self-hosted alternative to ResueTime?
- craftyguy 8y agoI'm not sure I'd even trust a self-hosted alternative. Presumably this would need to be exposed to the internet, and would be a nice target for someone to break into given how much information it collects.
- exolymph 8y agoWouldn't they have to target you personally, though? (I may be wrong about that.) If so, doesn't factor into most people's realistic threat models.
- craftyguy 8y agoNot necessarily, just need to find an exploit and start scanning for folks hosting the service. Most would probably use some standard/default port for it.
- dcbadacd 8y agoHiding it behind a VPN sounds fairly secure.
- nibnalin 8y agoThere is the open-source ActivityWatch[1] which is not perfectly feature complete but it’s a decent alternative. [1]: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch