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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Privacy weather app? (leminal.space)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'd like to track hurricanes. All the apps I see collect all kinds of personal data. I just go to NOAA to see the advisories, but wondering if there is something better.

Edit: OS is Android 14 Edit: looking for radar (probably) or some other feature to track hurricanes (I don't know what tools there are besides radar, but if there's something else I'm interested).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

is noaa bad?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, but it has static information, and it's not an app. The website isn't great on mobile either. It's got good information though, and I don't have to submit to location tracking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

There's an open source front end called WX, it's a little harder to use but it's easy to adjust too.

It has multiple different radars that work well in places that don't have much data

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

This one has a clunky UI, but it has sooo much I formation and like ten billion widget options. I think I'm going to keep it around for curiosity's purpose and see if it grows on me.