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Re:Fitbit's 150B hours of heart data by atmartins on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @10:15AM (#17918146)
I care because if companies can collect enough data to recognize patterns, and generalize those findings, it becomes everyone's problem. You don't think health insurance providers are dying to buy this data? Or drug manufacturers? You're being double sold and generalized.

For instance maybe insurance rates increase in a region showing a higher percentage of heart palpitations. I live there and now my rates increased even though I don't even own a bitfit.

Re:Fitbit's 150B hours of heart data by wil421 on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:47PM (#17920323)
I don’t use fitness trackers. I also refrain from posting negatively about products I don’t use.

Do you have any proof about FitBit selling to insurance companies? Not all companies are selling data to 3rd parties.

Re:Fitbit's 150B hours of heart data by swift532 on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:22AM (#17933673)
The burden of proof should be the other way, until then we have the right to be worried.