Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B
by panpanna on Friday November 01, 2019 @01:06PM
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> We don't analyze your face as you browse Hacker News
You disappoint me ;)
> You need to jump through a million hoops to get permission to store anything at all!
I guess you don't work with Android.
Today I wanted to set up my smartwatch. My phone told me to enable Bluetooth _and_ gps. I turned on GPS, it asked if it was okay to send positioning data to Google for some vauge reason. I said no. So it turned off GPS altogether. So now I won't be able to use my watch. (This is a clear GDPR violation btw)
Why am I telling you this story? Because someone at Google is trying really really hard to get his hand on all possible data. Maybe you two should have a chat.
You disappoint me ;)
> You need to jump through a million hoops to get permission to store anything at all!
I guess you don't work with Android.
Today I wanted to set up my smartwatch. My phone told me to enable Bluetooth _and_ gps. I turned on GPS, it asked if it was okay to send positioning data to Google for some vauge reason. I said no. So it turned off GPS altogether. So now I won't be able to use my watch. (This is a clear GDPR violation btw)
Why am I telling you this story? Because someone at Google is trying really really hard to get his hand on all possible data. Maybe you two should have a chat.