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It sounds like a voluntary discount at the moment--including some manual data entry--but after they make it tighter and more mandatory, I predict a new industry
by imglorp 8y ago
It sounds like a voluntary discount at the moment--including some manual data entry--but after they make it tighter and more mandatory, I predict a new industry: gaming exercise programs.
At first, in order to spoof daily steps, maybe you can just throw the tracker into a clothes dryer or rock tumbler, or maybe inside your hubcap. If they want to see heartrate also, then I predict a device that you place against the tracker's IR sensor and blinks IR back at it, simulating a heartbeat. This would cost a few dollars in parts.
The next step of course is to simply spoof the tracker and upload directly to the company's internal API.
- njarboe 8y agoPay your dog walker to wear it all day.
- ihattendorf 8y agoThen when it comes time to pay any benefits, the company finds out and denies the claim.
- njarboe 8y agoCorrect. Cheating on multi-million dollar term life policies is a bad idea. The company has high incentive to find a way not to pay. A 25k policy from your employer, not so much.
- JeanMarcS 8y agoWell as all insurance companies do, when it comes for them to repay you (or in this case those you asked to be paid when you die), if the amount is big they’ll try to verify that you haven’t cheated. That’s where it will be hard for your loved ones to find out that they’ll finally get nothing. This big brother stuff is outrageous by the way.
- robertely 8y agoIt seems that we are way ahead of you: https://boingboing.net/2018/07/24/fitness-tracker-cheating-is-bi.html https://boingboing.net/2018/07/24/fitness-tracker-cheating-i...
- tomjen3 8y agoAttach the tracker to your dog, it will be happy to get the steps in for you, and it will look natural as they are at least a little bit random.