Do you know if it works well with GrapheneOS?
Does it use http or MQTT?
I was using Traccar and that worked well until moving to GOS and then background updates wouldn’t work.
I tried owntrack and nextcloud but never got it to work.
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AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 days ago
I use Home Assistant for this. It works very well and the data is all local. It’s probably a bit heavy if you don’t use the other parts of home assistant though.
yestalgia@lemmy.world 3 days ago
dan@upvote.au 3 days ago
Does it use http or MQTT?
Home Assistant uses HTTP for this. Realistically, you won’t see much difference between HTTP and MQTT for this use case.
MQTT is harder to secure than HTTP, and has some limitations (eg it normally only supports username and password auth - no SSO, no 2FA) so I’d avoid it for anything public-facing unless you have a specific reason to use it. Using it via a VPN is fine, but you’d still need to configure a separate MQTT username and password per user.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 days ago
It uses http, and yes, it works perfectly on GrapheneOS.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Home Assistant location doesn’t quite play nice with GOS. My wife and I have been looking for a Life360 replacement ourselves. She runs Graphene, and it’ll grab location periodically, but it’s not consistent.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Do you use persistent connection? Both myself and my partner use GOS and it works fine, and updates frequently. You might also be able to change the pull rate as well.
Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
[deleted]gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Home Assistant isn’t FOSS? How?
Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Sorry, misworded that, I meant it isn’t as good as a dedicated self hosted FOSS tracking service. meaning HA has access to my location data but i’ve also put lots of third party addons and integrations into HA that have to be trusted with access to that information too.
A dedicated service would be a bit easier for peace of mind as it would be isolated.
After several projects this is the best solution by my lights. The home assistant companion app coupled with tasker is pretty powerful. You can call remote location updates via intents and use taskerHA plugin for back and forth communication between the two.