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What's funny is I can imagine the sailor not understanding how the code works and properly setting up a "privacy zone" while at port to mask his location and ve
by ck2 7mo ago
What's funny is I can imagine the sailor not understanding how the code works and properly setting up a "privacy zone" while at port to mask his location and verifying it was working while there
then of course while at sea, it's the same ship but different location
not like your home or workplace typically relocates itself
imagine being a coder at Strava trying to figure out how to deal with that, it's techically not possible
However it's a great marketing opportunity for Stryd footpod which can track distance without GPS
I wonder what a moving deck at even 10mph would do to a Stryd though
The GPS must have added 10mph? But it's all relative to the deck vs the sea, hmm
- mrguyorama 7mo agoAs a coder at strava fixing this would not be hard at all. A global "Private mode" switch that sends zero data about anything at all while it is enabled. Your runs stay on device. All network calls are rejected. No data saved with it enabled will ever leave the device, full stop. Every single app in the world should have this. It should be an OS setting that forces network calls to fail as well as part of the app review process that no data generated during a private session can ever leave the device. They don't do that because they like your data for money.
- ck2 7mo agoyou can do that "offline" with any regular Garmin but once you start using the Strava app the point is socializing activity, otherwise why bother? Strava privacy zones actually work, well as long as the location isn't physically moving by itself, lol hope the sailor didn't get into too much trouble if it was innocent enough