Recommend me a “fitness” smart watch that will respect my privacy?

I am mainly looking for a watch to count my daily steps as a way to monitor changes in my NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) and to make sure I get the appropriate workload in. If I could use it for measuring swimming distance as well, that would be great, but I swim stationary with an elastic band, so it can’t rely on GPS to measure the distance.

What is the problem? I want a watch that can be disconnected from …

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