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IDK about this. I find it kinda creepy to have my heart beat monitored & sent to a server far away and not under my control. I mean, ad companies already have s

by est31 8y ago

IDK about this. I find it kinda creepy to have my heart beat monitored & sent to a server far away and not under my control. I mean, ad companies already have so much data about me, do they also need to know how my heartbeat reacts to an ad? Does my insurer need to know it? I wonder whether it can detect sex and be used to e.g. track infidelity. On the other hand, of course it's great to save lives and help you detect possibly harmful conditions. The thing that makes me uneasy is not the idea of a heart tracker watch per se, but the possibility that maybe one day the facebook app wants access or chrome because of WebHeartBeat API or whatever. This trend of constantly increasing amounts of data sources sent to the cloud is sick.

saagarjha 8y ago
> I find it kinda creepy to have my heart beat monitored & sent to a server far away and not under my control. Heart rate information, like all health information gathered by Apple Watch, stays on your device unless you choose to back it up to iCloud. In this case it is end-to-end encrypted.
- Tepix 8y ago
  Data backed up to iCloud is not yet encrypted in a way that Apple cannot access it.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Health data is encrypted with a key that Apple does not have access to. It’s true “end-to-end” encryption.
throwaway_8371 8y ago
This can be issue with any service which you are using
jessaustin 8y ago
The remote monitoring won't seem so bad once TPTB start setting up remote control.
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