When I sync with Android, or whatever, does data get sent back to fitbit 
corporation?  That seems like the kind of thing everybody wants these days 
-- high dimensional data about users.  "Using the cloud" is synonumous 
with "populating their database."

Mike


On Wed, 9 Apr 2014, Marc Thomas wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I used a fitbit for a while last year (It broke and I haven't replaced 
> it yet). As of around October of 2013, there was no easy way to sync it 
> using Linux. I mainly would reboot my laptop into Mac OS to get the 
> syncing done, though towards the end my phone became my source of 
> syncing (Nexus 4). Many of the most popular iPhone and Android devices 
> can sync. Here's the currently supported list: 
> http://www.fitbit.com/devices
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are any of you using fitbit devices...
>>
>> http://www.fitbit.com/
>>
>> ...with Linux?:
>>
>> http://lwn.net/Articles/532410/
>>
>> It seems like it would be fun to have one to mess around with, but only 
>> if it plays well with Linux because I'm avoiding every other OS as much 
>> as possible.