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Should a smartwatch track the user's emotions?

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Should a smartwatch track the user's emotions?

#1
Do you think a smartwatch needs an emotion tracking chart that includes the following parameters: Anxiety, Depression, Relaxation, Fear, Positivity, Anger, Stress, Sadness, and Mania. We are planning to introduce this feature in our AI watches and would love to get feedback from potential users.

Re: Should a smartwatch track the user's emotions?

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Yes, if I can use the smartwatch with free software, i.e., be sure that this data will not be misused.

What does the software being free or paid have to do with the data being or not being misused?

Free software as in freedom, not price. Free software allows to verify what the device does and control it by modifying the code. This is the basics of the 4 freedoms, https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-impor....

Re: Should a smartwatch track the user's emotions?

#7
No, I wouldn't want any of that. It's too personal. Especially wouldn't want it fed to some AI thing that I don't personally control.

My Samsung watch has something to measure stress, but it does it automatically and seems to think I'm stressed all the time (but maybe it's right lol)