It is but creeping privatisation may change that, as does legislation becoming more hostile to unionisation since the 1980s.

The broader point is that individuals can try all they want to preserve their privacy, but then friends, family and organisations spy on them, often unwittingly, eg when we share with them calendar events or email messages. The only way forward is collective resistance, building alliances and influencing public policy. But it’s always been like that with systemic issues.

And resistance can only be collective. Another reason unionisation is as important as it’s ever been.

I thought it was Autonomy. You installed a program, instructed puppies agents, logged out, and while you were offline the puppies searched through several engines. Next time you logged in the findings waited for you. That was the time of 56k modems and metered connections.

In addition to wifi, Bluetooth beacons would be good too.

Seeing the same SSIDs (eg in a cinema) might also mean you are not moving, but then how can you tell you are not sitting near another train passenger with their hotspot on?

I’ve been using this for a few weeks and it’s great. In addition to offline-first, it would be nice to be able to ask Colota: List my trips between date1 and date2 when I was near (ie within x meters from) point y.

I am planning to use this for a long time too, so an export/import data for when I change my phone would be nice. I see Export but not Import.

Also, being able to delete trips between date1 and date2 would be useful. Currently, you can delete 1-by-1 or recent trips only.