I don't specifically distrust the code. I dont know where my data on that hosted service ends up since its rather private information. So self hosting is an option if i can see a demo without providing my personal data.
drewda•6mo ago
It's a great open-source option, but I'd also skip using their hosted service given that Traccar is a Russian company.
ajsnigrutin•6mo ago
> but I'd also skip using their hosted service given that Traccar is a Russian company.
Why?
I mean... I don't live in russia, russian police/fsb has no power here, same probably is true for you too, and if i/yo do something stupid, the chances of a russian company giving data to my/your local police is much lower than if I/you used some local company. Why should hosting in russia be problematic here?
RonanSoleste•6mo ago
No legal power :)
greenavocado•6mo ago
As opposed to their soft power, which is also non-existent?
RonanSoleste•6mo ago
Because nobody ever got murdered or abducted in a safe country by a dictatorial regime :)
ajsnigrutin•6mo ago
I mean...
How else do you expect to test something? You either install it on your own server, and send your private data to your private server, or you use a public server and give them data.... what third option do you expect?
RonanSoleste•6mo ago
A demo with fake data allowing you to explore the product.
This is actually very common in both opensource and in the commercial sector
precommunicator•6mo ago
I self-hosted it for a while now. Works well. I track all devices I have and additionally hardwired a GPS in my car, connected to it. It supports a almost infinite list of GPS devices and protocols, so definitely you can find something on their list.
Very configurable, when I added a Bluetooth temperature beacon to the GPS in my car I was able to write specific computed attributes in it so that it converts raw value and saves temperature together with each check-in.
matt-attack•6mo ago
Are these GPS trackers that require their own cellular account?
precommunicator•6mo ago
Yes. There are solutions to that though, that are cheap and work worldwide wherever there is a cellular range (e.g. Hologram, SimBase). They only lost cellular when I was at a really weird place (Faroe Islands), and only one of them. Trackers use very little data (depends on the tracker and config I guess, I use branded ones i.e. Teltonika)
cranberryturkey•6mo ago
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plett•6mo ago
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cyanydeez•6mo ago
https://www.traccar.org/download/
RonanSoleste•6mo ago
drewda•6mo ago
ajsnigrutin•6mo ago
Why?
I mean... I don't live in russia, russian police/fsb has no power here, same probably is true for you too, and if i/yo do something stupid, the chances of a russian company giving data to my/your local police is much lower than if I/you used some local company. Why should hosting in russia be problematic here?
RonanSoleste•6mo ago
greenavocado•6mo ago
RonanSoleste•6mo ago
ajsnigrutin•6mo ago
How else do you expect to test something? You either install it on your own server, and send your private data to your private server, or you use a public server and give them data.... what third option do you expect?
RonanSoleste•6mo ago