The post has some interest points but feels like some things are stretched a bit. Luxury Transportation: Some people pay for a taxi to be transported from A to

The post has some interest points but feels like some things are stretched a bit. Luxury Transportation: Some people pay for a taxi to be transported from A to B, while others are forced into a car and are transported to jail. Why people would spend money on transportation? The end goal of using a smart watch is to track your exercise and health. The end goal of an electronic monitoring device like those on parole or probation is to keep track of the location of the person under surveillance. The technology might be similar but the end goals are completely different. Just as you can use a knife to have lunch or to kill. Or a jab for a vaccine or lethal injection. Same technology but very different end goals. Also, I don’t agree with using the term surveillance. If you’re using a smart watch to track your progress it’s not surveillance. Writing your thoughts in a diary it’s not surveillance. Looking yourself in the mirror it’s not surveillance. On the technology side, Apple claims that Health Information is encrypted end-to-end [1]. Regarding sending your device location, my understanding is that it’s only sent to Apple “only if you actively request the location of a device or accessory.”[2] Anyway, I have to say it sucks to know it’s feasible to turn those devices into surveillance devices. The Snowden revelations showed that governments did mass surveillance over many mediums, so they could do it even at a lower level if they wanted. Sometimes companies would collaborate with them and sometimes it was without the company’s knowledge. It’s an inherent problem of being able to change the functionality of a computer and having to trust to many parties. Finally, they could also do it with phones. Far more people have phones than smart watches. They could turn the mics on your phone to listen to you. Or the camera. Your phone has all your contacts and chat logs. Moreover, telcos keep logs of which antennas your device uses. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 [2] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212037 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212037