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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by shkkmo on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:11PM (#27441688)
It is a matter of degree, but that degree is not small. Anytime you decrease the interval, you need to justify the commensurate loss of privacy. You can't just handwave away these concerns like posters in this thread are doing.

A rough inference of which months might involve vacations (data about which is probably already being sold from other sources) is far less invasive than a daily record of your sleep cycle.

With the lack of privacy laws in the US, it is pretty much a given that this data will be sold as soon as the private utility companies in the US start collecting it.

Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by idiotsecant on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:52PM (#27442136)
...You say from your personal wiretapping device.
Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by shkkmo on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:32PM (#27442852)
Which I have the ability to choose when/if I am survieled by by leaving it at home or throwing it in a river.
Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by onethought on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:37AM (#27473963)
You can turn your power off too whenever you like.