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Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by none2585 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC

amarant wrote: post #29

What will the government even do with my heart rate and blood oxygen data? "Mr Smith has been running again, we better bring him in for questioning!" Edit: to be clear, the government is requesting the data, so clearly they're doing something with it... But what? I don't see it!

Also if you're a woman biological signals can be used to know when you are on your cycle and thus missed it.

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by Shadowmist » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC

guilamu wrote: post #32

kator wrote: post #28

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

If you're concerned about that do not give internet to your tv and use any kind of tv box instead (shield tv, apple tv, etc).

How long until they have built in cellular or use a mesh?

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by iLoveOncall » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

guilamu wrote: post #32

kator wrote: post #28

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

If you're concerned about that do not give internet to your tv and use any kind of tv box instead (shield tv, apple tv, etc).

So that TV box can phone home instead of your smart TV? What's the point?

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by iLoveOncall » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

sz4kerto wrote: post #3

"In my previous blog, I revealed that Oura data is not end-to-end encrypted. That means that an Oura user's health data can be unscrambled at certain points as it travels from a person's ring, through their phone app, over the internet, and as it lands on Oura's servers." Very strange -- it seems to be conflating end-to-end encryption with encryption-in-transit.

You are conflating end-to-end encryption with encryption at rest.

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

kator wrote: post #28

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

> I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV

You’re more concerned about privacy when it comes to TV viewing than medical data? What a strange hijacking of a serious thread…

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by shevy-java » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC

We can not trust any government here.

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by Buildstarted » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC

guilamu wrote: post #32

kator wrote: post #28

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

If you're concerned about that do not give internet to your tv and use any kind of tv box instead (shield tv, apple tv, etc).

with things like amazon's sidewalk you might not have any choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by mcmcmc » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #45

kator wrote: post #28

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

> I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV You’re more concerned about privacy when it comes to TV viewing than medical data? What a strange hijacking of a serious thread…

When you buy a medical data collection device and it collects medical data that’s not exactly a surprise

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by jubilanti » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

amarant wrote: post #29

What will the government even do with my heart rate and blood oxygen data? "Mr Smith has been running again, we better bring him in for questioning!" Edit: to be clear, the government is requesting the data, so clearly they're doing something with it... But what? I don't see it!

You're on Hacker News, think like a hacker - in both meanings of the term - for what could possibly go wrong.

Re: Oura says it gets government demands for user data

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Post by drfloyd51 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #45

kator wrote: post #28

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

> I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV You’re more concerned about privacy when it comes to TV viewing than medical data? What a strange hijacking of a serious thread…

Whataboutism in fancy clothes.