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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by simonh on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:25AM (#21068557)
The watch would know it wasn't attached to a person.
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by ryacko on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:40AM (#21068642)
https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/116748896404077772...

No it would not.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by simonh on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:03AM (#21068747)
That really doesn't look much like any of the Apple watches I've seen. What model is it?
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by ryacko on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:27AM (#21069109)
What sort of hackfixes are used to ensure that you have a seamless user experience?

It's not open source, I'm not about to defend a product I know nothing about.

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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by ryacko on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:17PM (#21073562)
Correction: the bug tracker with entries on fixing false positive rates is not public.
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