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minus-squareScrubbleslinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoTime to start self hosting these for my friends
minus-square3 dogs in a trenchcoatlinkfedilinkEnglish40•4 months agoNo self hosting needed! As I mentioned, these apps are fully offline - all data is stored on-device
minus-square@bobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilink8•4 months agoBe careful with that, it could make you a target for a visit
minus-square@DdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilink1•4 months agoThis reminds me: In countries like Russia and China, it’s not unusual for police to just randomly stop people and search their phones, at which point even locally stored data isn’t safe anymore. This could happen in America as well.
Time to start self hosting these for my friends
No self hosting needed! As I mentioned, these apps are fully offline - all data is stored on-device
Be careful with that, it could make you a target for a visit
This reminds me: In countries like Russia and China, it’s not unusual for police to just randomly stop people and search their phones, at which point even locally stored data isn’t safe anymore. This could happen in America as well.