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University to require residents wear ‘BioButton, to track health
- TurkishPoptart 6y agoI certainly wouldn't wear that thing, but I imagine that most of the comments in this thread will say the same thing.
- badrabbit 6y agoYou would think so, I would hope so but truth is most people haven't learned to be afraid of this stuff. They have to relearn history's lessons and everyone else with them
- vondur 6y agoNope, I can't imagine anyone that would want to use this.
- curryst 6y agoI wonder if there are HIPAA implications around the data collected from these? This might be slightly more reasonable if HIPAA applies to this data. If not, I wouldn't step within 200 yards of those things. From press releases, health insurance companies seem to love these things, which makes me very uneasy about how the data will be used.
- bzb3 6y agoReligious basis? What religion prohibits the biobutton?
- mgamache 6y agoJews might have an issue with being ‘tracked’
- jtsiskin 6y agoThe button could also estimate if you were drinking alcohol based on the monitored changes. Next time a student says they need an extension, let’s see what they were doing last night, and if they got proper sleep... shudder What I’m surprised to see missing from this is proximity tracking to other buttons/phones. You would think that would be very useful for contact tracing
- aaron695 6y agoHow did this "BioButton" only seem to come into existence in the past few months? What is this tech based on? What was it called pre C19? It seems suspicious to me. The Cayman Islands are looking into it for visitors as well https://www.caymancompass.com/2020/07/23/government-gives-more-details-on-biobutton/ https://www.caymancompass.com/2020/07/23/government-gives-mo...
- tomatotomato37 6y agoThere's something about this quote on the manufacturers website: The BioIntelliSense Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform and FDA-cleared BioSticker™ on-body sensor are bringing medical grade monitoring and management to the home for scalable remote care.
- zaptrem 6y agoUnpopular opinion: As long as the data is anonymized and shared in aggregate, this is really exciting and I would be happy to wear one. Monitoring for vital spikes in dorm buildings indicative of an outbreak -- with student-specific alerts and the option to share that data -- would be invaluable to schools.
- Meph504 6y agoIt isn't required, but voluntary. https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/04/oakland-university-hopes-biobutton-can-help-prevent-spread-of-covid-19-by-monitoring-health/ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/04/oakland...
- Sir_Substance 6y agoLeaving aside my visceral reaction to attaching mandatory trackers to people: >The “BioButton” is wearable technology that monitors your vitals, including temperature and heart-rate, in real time. It can last for up to 90 days. It’s meant to be worn on the chest and connects to your mobile device. Once again, technologists attempting to make covid solutions have forgotten that not everyone uses smartphones. On top of that, what're the odds that this doesn't work on any version of android older than oreo, or that don't have google play services installed?
- newbalance 6y agoSurprise, location tracking built in. Forgot to mention until 6 months later :)