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Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by resonious on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:20PM (#30394404)
Personally I read this the other way. If the data were analyzed in the cloud, then yes, very surveillancy. But, here it says the data are analyzed on the body - that's great!
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Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by kadoban on Saturday February 19, 2022 @12:13AM (#30394581)
Even if it's analyzed locally, it can still get sent to the cloud. If anything it's easier to do so once it's processed data.
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Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by fredophile on Saturday February 19, 2022 @12:58AM (#30394752)
I'd imagine this would work similarly to a continuous glucose monitor. The local device stores up to several hours of data. Your phone or other device can upload that data if it's right next to the device. The device itself has no independent ability to transmit.
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Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me... by amelius on Saturday February 19, 2022 @09:49AM (#30397504)
Unless it works like Oculus, where you can't watch e.g. naughty 3d movies without Zuckerberg knowing about it.
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