Posted on 12/14/2020 4:31:09 PM PST by dynachrome
There’s nothing angelic about Amazon’s new wearable technology.
Halo, Amazon’s new AI health bracelet, offers body composition analysis, tone of voice analysis, sleep & activity tracking. Presumably, this new tech is another convenient application to bring awareness to users of such things as too much body fat or if their tone is a bit too abrasive or “condescending.”
While some individuals may benefit from both of these nudges, a recent review of Halo by the Washington Post (the unabashed purveyor of the loss of civil liberties) forcibly admits that Halo is the “most invasive tech we’ve ever tested.”
Authors Geoffrey Fowler and Heather Kelly wrote:
Hope our tone is clear here: We don’t need this kind of criticism from a computer. The Halo collects the most intimate information we’ve seen from a consumer health gadget – and makes the absolute least use of it. This wearable is much better at helping Amazon gather data than at helping you get healthy and happy.
Incidentally, Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
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I wonder if Jerry’s $hit his pants today.
Amazon will know everything you do.... everything... like how many wipes it takes uncle Frank to clean his rear... then send out toilet paper when it calculates when he’s getting close to running out.
My wife does all that for free.
“I do not need them to tell me if I’m condescending, opinionated, or fat.”
Hear, hear - I am with you. I am all 3 and it took decades to achieve all of those qualities simultaneously!
“send out toilet paper when it calculates when he’s getting close to running out.”
Or tell you that you used up your quota and you get no more this month.
So it will tell you whether or not you’re a DemocRAT. Nice!
As if I need some damn Bezos (or Apple, or Google) Infernal Machine to tell me that!!!
No difference really except stupid people using the amazon device.
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Heh, amazon still sells mood rings
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