King@sh.itjust.works to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agoICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up134cross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
arrow-up134external-linkICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’www.theguardian.comKing@sh.itjust.works to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@programming.dev
minus-squareZephorah@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoMy phone isnt enough of a tracker, I’m going to attach a second tracker to my wrist.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI mean, yes - that is one of the selling points of a smartwatch, since phones can’t easily record heart rate, blood oxygen, etc. But that’s also irrelevant to the article, since these devices aren’t consumer smartwatches and aren’t being worn voluntarily.
My phone isnt enough of a tracker, I’m going to attach a second tracker to my wrist.
I mean, yes - that is one of the selling points of a smartwatch, since phones can’t easily record heart rate, blood oxygen, etc.
But that’s also irrelevant to the article, since these devices aren’t consumer smartwatches and aren’t being worn voluntarily.