WTF is a wearable?
Devices that collect health data. The Apple watch is one example. My brother gave my elderly dad one after an upgrade. My dad quit wearing it after a few weeks. Said he didn't need to be reminded that he was old. He gave it to one of his grand kids..
Ankle holster.
There are many, many different types of "wearables" -- it's likely you may have one and not even know it.
Ever heard of a FitBit? An Apple Watch? Garmin?
These are all examples of "wearable" technology. Typically, they all measure steps taken per day, heart rate, heart variability, and they have algorithms for measuring sleep function. Some phones have GPS built in, so you can see your activity on a map, or get distances to a mountaintop, the next green (if playing golf), or the next hiking trail.
Those electronic wristwatches do many things well, but their faces (user interfaces) are relatively small and hard to show a lot of details. Transport the data to a cell phone and you can show a lot more: charts, graphs, trends. On your cell phone, you can share health metrics with your friends and challenge each other to see who had the most steps in the last week and last month.
How do you get the data from your wristwatch to your phone? Usually, over wifi. While there are usually privacy opt-outs during setup, some of that data can be collected by the manufacturer. If you didn't specifically say otherwise, they may "share" some of that data with third parties...presumably, even the government.
The concept of using these devices to encourage a healthy lifestyle is interesting. Like with any technology, there are positives and some potential negatives, if used nefariously.
It’s a Fitbit or equivalent.
I love having mine. Tells me how much I’ve walked. It measures my heart rate.
It measures my sleep.
I’ve had one for over 10 years.
I don’t need a wearable to tell me I’m out of shape and need to lose 20 lbs. 🙄
The wireless technology— available in say an Apple Watch (with ekg, etc in the software linked to Apple I phone)—
is the same afa the tracking mechanisms, as one of the familiar “ankle bracelets” sentenced by judges to perpetrators released to home probation.
This is some unreal crap dreamed up by ex Covid morons maybe at HHS or the CDC. It being not enough to analyze the sewage outfall effluent for... Covid virus or anything else, like plague etc. For the “greater good”. At least the effluent is not tracked to an individual.
This tracker crap is Orwellian, frankly. And pretty flimsy justification to fund an ad campaign that should fall on its face.