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‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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Adult Swim's Smart Pipe coming to life. https://youtu.be/DJklHwoYgBQ I actually thought it was a cool idea when I watched that, besides the exaggerated parts for the joke.

"We can't do any of that until we modernize our ancient child pornography laws."

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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post #4

I guess it’s convenient and probably would save lives by way of course early detection... But... what about going in for an interview and unbeknownst you get idd and samples get sent. Or your employer... oh so and so is coming on with an expensive disease which requires loads of time off to recover... There are implications that need to be adressed.

Well those people who stole your poo just performed a medical procedure upon you without your consent. That poo is 'you' I'm pretty sure... Whoever has the best lawyer wins.

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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post #4

I guess it’s convenient and probably would save lives by way of course early detection... But... what about going in for an interview and unbeknownst you get idd and samples get sent. Or your employer... oh so and so is coming on with an expensive disease which requires loads of time off to recover... There are implications that need to be adressed.

I'm not quite sure that level of concern is warranted. It is illegal to ask for a medical examination before getting hired and I imagine this would extend to that. Testing poop, even with a smart toilet, would be pretty cumbersome and a huge PR nightmare. It would be just as easy now to remove hair for covert DNA tests - but I don't think that has ever been an issue.

That’s not universally true if a physical exam is required of all prospective employees with some relevance to the job.

For those objecting: www.thebalancecareers.com/pre-employment-physicals-2060485

And I’ve personally had offers rescinded because of a physical. Quite a while ago and involved some physical work but physicals can be required.

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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Stool diagnostics are the future. So much health information is flushed down the toilet. I hope this will soon be a standard in houses. Except, the problem is what happens to the data of friends that use your toilet...

They can press the privacy button which will ignore the current poop.

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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Stool diagnostics are the future. So much health information is flushed down the toilet. I hope this will soon be a standard in houses. Except, the problem is what happens to the data of friends that use your toilet...

Simple, just have an OAuth login panel at the toilet to make sure your data gets assigned correctly.

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

#17

Stool diagnostics are the future. So much health information is flushed down the toilet. I hope this will soon be a standard in houses. Except, the problem is what happens to the data of friends that use your toilet...

Simple, just have an OAuth login panel at the toilet to make sure your data gets assigned correctly.

Facial recognition? I don't want a touchscreen on my toilet.

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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Stool diagnostics are the future. So much health information is flushed down the toilet. I hope this will soon be a standard in houses. Except, the problem is what happens to the data of friends that use your toilet...

assentication ? (fixed a typo)

Re: ‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Simple, just have an OAuth login panel at the toilet to make sure your data gets assigned correctly.

Facial recognition? I don't want a touchscreen on my toilet.

There's voice, there's radar, there's smell... all sorts of other non-contact methods of user verification.
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