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Oh Gawd. My wife did not feel well last year and thought her pulse was going up. I figure I'd reassure her quickly (or notice an issue) with my Note 8. Unbekn
by NikolaNovak 3y ago
Oh Gawd.
My wife did not feel well last year and thought her pulse was going up. I figure I'd reassure her quickly (or notice an issue) with my Note 8.
Unbeknowst to me, some samsung update put the hardware functionality behind some health app that wanted to setup a tracking profile and two factor authentication and my email and my phone and name and details and preferences and goals and 12 point health plan and whatnot.
By the end I was the one with anxiety attack. I'm still livid when I think about it. I'm not a violent or profane man but... I have some thoughts reserved for people who planned, approved and implemented that. Not all evil is big evil. Little evil is evil too (Note for all fellow software engineers here :)
- lostlogin 3y agoIf just for rate, surely a finger and a 15 or 30 second measurement is at least as good? Obviously you wont get oxygenation though.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoI agree and that's what's my Note 8 used to provide. As I said, some update made the mandatory a health or whatever app require an account, 2fa, and a lot of setup and personal data before it'd let me access the sensor read.
- notdang 3y agoprevious comment meant to out the fingeron the wrist and count the pulse by yourself, analog way.
- spqr0a1 3y agoSurely the process of using fingers to measure discrete pulses is digital.
- sgtnoodle 3y agoI am pretty sure you're making a clever pun, but I would suggest the word "natural".
- NikolaNovak 3y agoAh; yes I misinterpreted that thank you. Agree that would've done the trick for pulse :)
- westurner 3y agoAn open source app off Fdroid like HeartBeat may or may not have a similar error rate: https://github.com/berdosi/HeartBeat https://github.com/berdosi/HeartBeat I think I picked up a dedicated unit finger pulse oximeter for like $20. FWIU Apple Watch is one product with FDA approval as a medical device (ECG Electrocardiogram) for detection of AFib Atrial Fibrillation and Parkinsons. Medical device design > Pathway to clearance or approval: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device_design#Pathway_to_clearance_or_approval https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device_design#Pathway_...
- NikolaNovak 3y agoThx for all the tips :) I did buy the separate $20 sp02 / pulse monitor after that episode. She has an apple watch now but I of course have zero confidence / will not trust the kindness of corporate strangers again to allow me access to my own hardware.
- pkaye 3y agoPulse oximeters will also give low spO2 if your fingertip is cold. In that case, just put your hand/fingers under your armpit for a few seconds to warm them up.
- fibonachos 3y agoMy Apple Watch detected an AFib about a year and a half ago. Was mildly freaked out at the time but glad that I got the alert. Nothing major, thankfully. Was on a mostly plant-based diet (no meat at all) and wasn't getting enough iron. Easy fix.