• @[email protected]
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    3216 days ago

    Why? Are all Americans going to get health care to make use of that collected health tracking data?

  • @[email protected]
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    1216 days ago

    I’m sure he means evil, but wearables really can be a boon to health. His agency really needs to be more proactive with establishing privacy protections and certifying accuracy’s/correctness, to make this really take off.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      1916 days ago

      I 100% agree. If a government with good intentions helps to get more of this in the hands of people and ensures that their data STAYS their data, it could be a good thing.

      I don’t trust any of the monsters in this administration, though.

  • @[email protected]OP
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    3816 days ago

    I would rather they would employ strong measures to protect any data related to such devices - with severe penalties to those that break the rules - including the revocation of corporate charters.

    • TheHiddenCatboy
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      1416 days ago

      Indeed. I do believe that the key to better health is actionable information and a gameplan for how to maintain health. But with the Shitgibbon in office, and his merry band of miscreants running the show, I can’t determine if my smartwatch will give me good readings or not, and ensure that only I get to access that data, unless I explicitly choose to let someone else access it.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        716 days ago

        Indeed. I could see a day where people deemed “unpersons” (basically anyone not sufficiently worshiping the likes of Taco) would have their data swept up and weaponized against them by insurance companies, their place of employment, etc.

        Or have their devices bricked, etc…

        Even w/o the likes of conservatives and Republicans, Doctorow’s Enshittification comes for virtually everything, so…

  • @[email protected]
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    I think out of all the freaks given positions in the regime, this asshole will do the most harm, kill the most people and cause the most suffering over the longest time span – and that’s saying a lot.

  • @[email protected]
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    715 days ago

    I took off my FitBit and have never put it back on. I don’t know who might be getting that information.

  • Scott
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    616 days ago

    RFK Autism Nazi can jump in a volcano