Fitbit is now officially part of Google

Post by rattray » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 12:36 PM UTC

dkersten wrote: post #71

Vermeulen wrote: post #15

I don't understand the fear of Google from FitBit users in these comments. Google has a clear user agreement with how they use your data, including not selling it - and they rely on users trusting them. I'd rather my data be with one of the tech giants than a unprofitable start up

Not selling it doesn't matter to me because the company that I'm afraid of ending up with my data -- ie the company I don't want others to sell their data to -- is Google itself. You have to ask yourself, why don't we want companies to sell our data in the first place? What's wrong with a third party having it? Its out of fear of them abusing that data. So then you have to ask yourself, what counts as abuse? To me, i…

Post by rattray » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 1:04 PM UTC

dkersten wrote: post #372

rattray wrote: post #371

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> To me, its any time a company uses the data against me, in order to make me spend money or buy products. Genuine question - have you had many experiences where you bought something due to a highly targeted ad and shortly after regretted the purchase?

Not knowingly, in that I don't remember ever clicking on such an advert and then purchasing something. But its impossible to tell if they've primed me to buy something later. But just because I try to be vigilant and also try to block adverts, doesn't mean that I should be ok with them having my data. Just because they haven't figured out a way to trick me yet doesn't mean they won't later or that they won't become e…

Post by sulam » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

6sup6 wrote: post #347

sulam wrote: post #333

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading, and I guess I'll take the time to explain why it works this way. Unfortunately I have to keep it at fairly high level. Long story short, we don't trust the transport mechanisms by which our customer's data gets from their wrist to our backend. As such, we securely encrypt it on the device and that encrypted payload can only be decrypted once it's on our servers. At that point it becomes available to be fetch…

What about...just providing a desktop app to receive all the data and do all the computation needed? Or the same thing in your phone. What are the exact dangers of these two approaches? And dangers to whom?

Post by krzyk » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

29083011397778 wrote: post #248

wlesieutre wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They nailed the Nexus 7, but that was a while ago (2012 and 2013) EDIT - never mind, Asus made both of those

Were you thinking of the 2012 Nexus 7 with the poor-quality NAND that went bad within a couple years, rendering the tablet useless? Or the 2013 that had phantom/unregistering input due to (IIRC) general build-quality and flex issues? Asus did make both, but I'm not sure either was as good as you recall, sadly.

Post by obmelvin » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 5:10 PM UTC

mynameisvlad wrote: post #346

obmelvin wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not really trying to come out against Netflix here, but I personally think their desire to compete with every other way one could spend their time doesn't have human's best interests at heart. I recognize the agency (most) everyone has to spend their time as they will, but I don't like how I feel mentally if all my free time gets sucked into consuming content. YMMV

But YouTube is ok? At least Netflix asks you every few hours if you’re still alive. YouTube will happily play you videos forever. And they’re only a sliver of the company.