Private way to sync Google calendar?

Using /e/OS Applications
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Someone is trying to share a Google calendar with me that I’d like to see events from on my phone that runs /e/. Unfortunately, I can’t convince them to use something else.

I shouldn’t need to add or edit events myself, but would like to see them.

I want to make sure Google doesn’t get access to my calendar or other data on my device. I’m willing to do some janky stuff if needed, as long as it’s a one-time setup. I do have a free Murena Cloud account that I’m currently using as my main calendar.

Any thoughts on how this might be accomplished?

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If it’s an iCAL file there should be no data leak, other than Google knowing you’re accessing the calendar.

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Unfortunately, I need it to sync on a regular basis. So if someone adds stuff too it, I get the new events.

Thanks for the suggestion though! That’s a great option for something I only need once.

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If you set it up on your phone as as a normal calendar source you will still get updates; your phone will check for updates however often you set the refresh interval to be.

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Thanks for that. Any idea how much data this would send back to Google? This would likely give them my IP address and sync interval at least, but I could see the potential for other data as well.

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I don’t know for sure, but it’s a web request so it’ll include the normal system identifying information; they’ll have an IP, and enough info to identify you as an /e/os phone certainly.

If your phone uses your home wifi, the IP would tie the phone record to any info they have from your other computers.

The only new information that doing it on your phone rather than a laptop should give is that you use an /e/os phone.

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