MiBand 3 sends all data to Xiaomi when syncing with the app (how to block outbound request)

I want to get the new health/watch from Xiaomi (MiBand) because it looks really great.

However someone did an investigation here: [https://www.horiaconstantin.com/xiaomi-miband3-and-privacy/](https://www.horiaconstantin.com/xiaomi-miband3-and-privacy/) and found that the companion app which for the MiBand sends all the data to this url:

```POST https://api-mifit-de.huami.com/v1/data/band_data.json```

He never had to give any permission to do this.

He made a GDPR request to Xiaomi for this data but they never replied. Then he made a complaint to the Dutch government about this but they didn't do …

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