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"More advanced health monitors used by insurers are coming, like embedded sensors in skin and clothes that detect stress and concentration. The markers of an ea
by marincounty 11y ago
"More advanced health monitors used by insurers are coming, like embedded sensors in skin and clothes that detect stress and concentration. The markers of an early heart attack or dementia will be the same that correspond to an argument with a spouse or if an employee is dozing off at work.
No behavior will escape categorization—which will give us unprecedented superpowers to extend healthy life. Opting out of this tracking—if it is even possible—will mean an early death and extremely pricey health insurance for many."
The health aspects are a long way off. Maybe when they get to the point where they can predict a heart attact--I'm game for anything the wiz kids tell me to strip on, or swallow.
Until that day, I want my privacy.
I want to be able to control what sites, like Google does with my information--yea, I know it's not going to happen.
In the mean time, I can opt out of certain sites that brag about the information they own about you, like Facebook.
Right now people don't seem to care about privacy, but that will change. It probally won't change in certain countries, but I see a change, a small one, in the United States.