Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by MereInterest on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:34PM (#21066697)

How are they on privacy? The issue that I have is that every wearable device expects you to allow upload of sensitive information to their servers. At this point, especially with medical information such as heart rate, I do not trust it on any computer not covered by HIPAA or under my control.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by djrogers on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @11:13PM (#21067246)

> The issue that I have is that every wearable device expects you to allow upload of sensitive information to their servers

This is not the case with the Apple Watch - your Health data lives and dies on your phone unless you back it up or choose to share it with other apps.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by ferongr on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @12:32AM (#21067624)

How do you know that? Have you examined the source code?

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by ihattendorf on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:37AM (#21067942)

How far do you go with that? Have you examined your CPU with an electron microscope? What about the motherboard? Every peripheral? Where does it end? At some point you have to trust someone.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by opan on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:19AM (#21069998)

Hopefully farther than nowhere. It seems like you're ignoring the dangers of proprietary software here entirely.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by jodrellblank on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:30AM (#21069121)

If you don't wear a smartwatch while out and about, how is your desktop CPU at home going to upload your heard rate or location to the cloud?

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by manicdee on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:10AM (#21069563)

The only way to win is not to play?

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by jraph on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:44AM (#21069754)

Thank you. I lost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by csunbird on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:39AM (#21068310)

Apple has a good history in respecting privacy. For example, if Facebook made a watch and claimed no data is sent from your watch to their servers, I would not believe in it. When Apple claims the same, I do believe it.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by dorgo on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:03AM (#21068099)

And don't forget to check the compiler code too..

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by Singletoned on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:29AM (#21069372)

And the compiler code that compiled the compiler.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by leppr on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:52PM (#21066792)

Or simply encrypt everything before it leaves the watch and decrypt client-side ala ProtonMail.

I believe most people, if given a discrete choice, would sacrifice 2% of battery life and "forgot your password?" features for the privacy of such information.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by kyralis on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @12:38AM (#21067650)

This is how HealthKit data works on iOS as long as you have two-factor authentication on for your iCloud account.

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