Re:Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA me...
by Ataraxiaist on Saturday February 19, 2022 @06:43AM
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At least in the US, I think medical information might be what saves us across the board.
I just think the future probably looks more like HIPAA laws than what we have had with a big tech data free for all.
On the other hand, I am not even sure a wearable that takes a blood sample is commercially realistic with medical laws. Sweat sample might be as far as you can realistically go.
Of course, 50 years out who knows.
The problem is that this information is not yours. There is an intermediary. There are the companies involved and the governance structure.
So, if the governance structure creates a rule that all watches should report to the government when there is a potential medical emergency, and even that you should be isolated and kept locked in - what can you do about it?
So, this is good information, but information in a different set of hands can be used against your interests.
Then you get into the idea that the government is here to help. I disagree. I think the government is here to govern, and that it acts against me in many ways even though I am doing nothing wrong.
Is it ok for me to have a different perspective? Must I accept the government constraints and the (self-serving) laws it writes? To statist (those who believe in the political paradigm on both the blue and red teams) I should apparently accept government dictats.
People seem to forget that everything the Nazis (National Socialists) did was legal too. A government (which is made up of people like you and I, only the seek power over others) can write appalling laws into the statute.
Anyway, it is naive to think that this is about information. This is another incremental step towards tyranny.