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Serenum: a weather service that respects your privacy
When I was finished with [Serenum API](https://codeberg.org/serenum/api), I started over with the website Serenum to show the data from the API with style. I built the website with no JavaScript first, building for an example the bar charts with HTML and CSS by hand. After everything was done, I added 2 features with JavaScript: getting your current location 1 time with GPS and adding a map from Leaflet for choosing a place with it. Thanks to this strategy, Serenum works perfectly with and without JavaScript. The website are far from done, though. Both astronomical calculations and light theme are missing, more features with JavaScript will be added, and more.
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Serenum: a weather service that respects your privacy
When I was finished with [Serenum API](https://codeberg.org/serenum/api), I started over with the website Serenum to show the data from the API with style. I built the website with no JavaScript first, building for an example the bar charts with HTML and CSS by hand. After everything was done, I added 2 features with JavaScript: getting your current location 1 time with GPS and adding a map from Leaflet for choosing a place with it. Thanks to this strategy, Serenum works perfectly with and without JavaScript. The website are far from done, though. Both astronomical calculations and light theme are missing, more features with JavaScript will be added, and more.
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First I have to say good 🙂 Local weather stations and thermostats are more accurate for your place than what weather services like OpenWeatherMap are.

Compared to other weather services, Serenum API will never use your geolocation or IP address to pinpoint your location. You enter this information manually in the address field.

When the new website for Serenum releases, it will never use your IP address nor your geolocation. You will enter the desire location via a form. The current website at serenum.org/beta do geolocate you, but only on your terms. But since it’s only a beta, that feature does not always work.

Serenum are and will always be free to use, and Serenum will never log anything about you. OpenWeatherMap and Ambee (if enabled) might log something about you, though.


My own small hobby project. It gathers data from OpenWeatherMap. I will create a website that uses Serenum API some day. When? When I have more time :)
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I’ve used it for a while now and I really like it! It is in the alpha stage, but it is very stable and neat. Can’t wait until they release the final version.

The only downside with Revolt is the lack of good Android apps. But, like I’ve said, it is in alpha so I can’t complain that much 😊


Apperantly, they run E2EE which means no servers are being used for storage of what people send to each other. They tell their visitors this on olvid.io (below “Olvid cares for you”).


https://olvid.io/technology/en/#security > Encrypted e-mails:

Plain text unencrypted metadata in the header

Me logging in to my account on posteo.de and checking the settings:

Activate Posteo crypto mail storage for your account: This function encrypts your entire email data at the press of a button, including all content and metadata. The encryption is comprehensive; it encompasses your existing email archive, all newly-arriving emails and your notes.

Lie #1. I think Olvid needs to be more updated :)

And on Olvid’s privacy policy page:

Olvid does not collect ANY personal data.

Next section:

Olvid simply uses purely technical data, i.e. users’ IP addresses

IP addresses counts as personal data -.- Lie #2. But! They states that they do not consulting, collecting, or keeping the IP addresses… but they collects them?

After installed the application, I saw that I need to give them money in order to make secure calls. But to receive secure calls are 100% free. That’s a deal-breaker for me. Uninstalled…


I tried this app yesterday when a new update was released to F-Droid. After using Forecastie for a while now, I found QuickWeather not as simple as Forecastie.

And after reading the comments here, I just wanted to say this: Geometric Weather are no longer in development and the last update was released back in April this year.