thanks for notifying man, i think i used my gmail for this app.
I'll change my gmail password asap.
I'll change my gmail password asap.
If they take passwords its not big deal. All they are going to do is have the ability to log in your myfitnesspal account. What use is that for? To check your diet plans? Someone is interested in mech's health?I pondered the same thing earlier.
I figure it is either
People hear data loss and immediate jump to conclusions. The little list then being a direct "this was not lot" type quote.
People look for a positive in the story. If it is something as disposable as usernames, emails and password hashes (note however no mention of whether the database was properly salted) and anything nothing valuable was taken then yeah. Basically a tactic used to sort of bury bad news.
Anyway I am still genuinely curious about the actual data the service collected. 150 million counts of a dietary log would make for some nice data to poke at, and given most studies would consider themselves awesome for getting 1000 individuals for their data. Potentially kind of scary from a "big data" angle though.
nothing is going right in life for me so i go lift.do you even lift? TC
Not that I know. They don't really require any personal information (except username, email and password of course)Is social security required for an account? I don't see why it would even be an option.
I'm surprised you would think that. It's a convenient way to count your intake vs how much you burn. Pretty much every restaurant or premade food is already in there. Without such an app it's impractical if not impossible for most people to count their calorie intake when eating out.I'm honestly more surprised that anyone uses/used this 'my fitness' app in the first place.
I'm surprised you would think that. It's a convenient way to count your intake vs how much you burn. Pretty much every restaurant or premade food is already in there. Without such an app it's impractical if not impossible for most people to count their calorie intake when eating out.
How do you do research on the calorie count of food you haven't cooked yourself and doesn't have nutritional facts on it though?Just seems like a redundant 'technology', as is the case with so many things these days. It's all been done before, from Richard Simmons "deal-a-meal" program to Weight Watchers. A pen, a sheet of paper/notebook, and a bit of research have always sufficed.
Regarding dining out, simple logic/common sense & a few basic questions should easily work for most folks. I mean, how have we been minding calories and keeping fit before this 'app'?
But hey, to each their own; it's apparently been working for some, or it wouldn't be as popular as it is.
A pen, a sheet of paper/notebook, and a bit of research have always sufficed.
Sounds more like gratuitous use of a cloud service, when a database-app where you can pick from some presets (built into the app itself, not remotely sourced) or type the food in yourself, and the entries get stored on your phone, with the OPTION to export to a standard text format (csv) and/or sync with {for-profit service} would have done the job fine... but that's not cool technology nowadays, it appearsHow do you do research on the calorie count of food you haven't cooked yourself and doesn't have nutritional facts on it though?
Clearly, people aren't very good at minding calories and keeping fit on their own. An app like this was much needed.
That still wouldn't tell you how many calories are in a lot of food. Crowdsourcing is what makes MyFitnessPal good. Without it, it would be basically like what you're saying, and it would be almost useless.Sounds more like gratuitous use of a cloud service, when a database-app where you can pick from some presets (built into the app itself, not remotely sourced) or type the food in yourself, and the entries get stored on your phone, with the OPTION to export to a standard text format (csv) and/or sync with {for-profit service} would have done the job fine... but that's not cool technology nowadays, it appears
How do you do research on the calorie count of food you haven't cooked yourself and doesn't have nutritional facts on it though?
Sure it could: they would be submitted by volunteers to the website at the submitter's discretion (this part probably already works this way), and the master list is integrated into the app itself by downloading the list and looking it up locally... the titlekeys site doesn't know, nor need to know, what Freeshop users downloadThat still wouldn't tell you how many calories are in a lot of food. Crowdsourcing is what makes MyFitnessPal good. Without it, it would be basically like what you're saying, and it would be almost useless.
That would work but then it would still be "remotely sourced".Sure it could: they would be submitted by volunteers to the website at the submitter's discretion (this part probably already works this way), and the master list is integrated into the app itself by downloading the list and looking it up locally... the titlekeys site doesn't know, nor need to know, what Freeshop users download
You can be off by 50% or even more if you're just guesstimating the calorie count. Some foods can have an insane amount of hidden calories (even compared to the same/equivalent dish from another place) and you'd never be able to guess with much accuracy how many calories are actually in them.This is where the common sense & research I mentioned comes into play; it's a matter of looking into how many calories are in an average cheeseburger/steak dinner/pasta plate/etc. and deducing for yourself. Life experience and self-reliance come into play.
Also, it's not an issue of "people not being very good at minding calories and keeping fit", it's an issue of willpower, self-control, and giving a damn about your own health. As I said, I'll concede that this app can be (and apparently is for many) helpful, but "needed" it certainly is not. This sort of reliance on 'life coaching'/disposable tech could easily lead us down a bad road if we're not careful....next thing you know, we're living in a dystopia where we rely on smartphone apps to tell us when/how to eliminate our bowels, raise our children, make love, etc. - NO thanks.
I prefer to think/do for myself, thanks. I don't need an 'app' to break down the nutritional contents of a tuna sandwich for me.
The golden rule: 'To each his/her own'.
People reuse passwords, and password fragments, all the time.If they take passwords its not big deal. All they are going to do is have the ability to log in your myfitnesspal account. What use is that for? To check your diet plans? Someone is interested in mech's health?