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Is it really that scary? Suppose there was a criminal who claimed that, with a broken leg, they couldn't possibly have committed some act. Isn't it reasonable

Is it really that scary? Suppose there was a criminal who claimed that, with a broken leg, they couldn't possibly have committed some act. Isn't it reasonable to get a warrant for the person's XRays in order to get hard evidence that the person was or was not incapacitated? The scary part to me is the medical examiner. They are making a very advanced claim (that they can determine something definitive about what the person was or was not doing) based on the heart data. Given previous overreaches from forensic examiners, I'd want to see some actual research before chucking the person into jail.

mickronome 10y ago
When it comes to assistive technologies the current legal situation is scary, because data generated and stored by devices you need to use by medical reasons are treated the same way as devices ( and data ) you choose to use. The more information about you that is available the more likely it is that a spurious correlation, misremembered facts or inferenced made from the data will often make you seem less trustworthy than somebody you have less data about as long as both parties behave according to societal norms. If you have an actual impairment, especially cognitive, the situation is even worse.