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anyone rocking a fitbit who doesn't want to move to google in Feb?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:12 pm
what are you doing instead or are you just taking it up the arse and handing your medical and health data over to the company with the WORST record of securing your privacy on the planet?
i've downloaded all my data to put into a personal dashboard to date but have to decide what i want to do in the next couple of months..quit tracking my health or move to another brand.
i've downloaded all my data to put into a personal dashboard to date but have to decide what i want to do in the next couple of months..quit tracking my health or move to another brand.
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:34 pm to CAD703X
I already have Fitbit, Google fit, our eufy scale, and it then past run keeper all synced up. I don't really care if Google knows my steps per day or how much I sleep at night
Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:49 pm to mchias1
quote:what about your weight, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels or aFib events?
don't really care if Google knows my steps per day or how much I sleep at night
Posted on 10/21/25 at 5:55 pm to CAD703X
Just sell yours while it’s still worth something and buy something else. Google will probably just turn it off soon anyway.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 6:16 pm to CAD703X
I switched from a Charge 5 a few years ago to a Garmin smartwatch. I used the Instinct Solar 2 and now the Fenix 7. They're way more expensive than the fitness trackers but something like the Vivoactive 6 isn't too bad at around $300.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 8:18 pm to CAD703X
One of the kids has one, forgot which. I hate having to deal with this kind of crap because I have to do all of it for 6 of us.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:26 am to CAD703X
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medical and health data
Wouldn't this data be protected by HIPPA?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:03 am to Lonnie Utah
its HIPAA but given that google and meta willingly hand over private user emails including government officials they don't like i am pretty sure they would have zero problem also handing this over.
look at the fiasco w/ 23andme and them basically handing all the DNA results over to the FBI to use in tracking criminals.
look at the fiasco w/ 23andme and them basically handing all the DNA results over to the FBI to use in tracking criminals.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:08 am to CAD703X
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i am pretty sure they would have zero problem also handing this over.
Sounds like an invitation to a class action lawsuit...
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:13 am to Lonnie Utah
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Sounds like an invitation to a class action lawsuit...
pretty sure that's what all the former trump admins are trying to do since google gleeefully handed the biden autopen all their private emails.
we'll see how far that gets.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:38 am to Lonnie Utah
HIPPA is my number one bit of quality control when I'm looking at shitty job postings. As CAD pointed out, it's HIPAA.
HIPAA doesn't protect shite, especially when you agree to share "anonymized" data that can only be tracked back to you in 400 different ways. Eventually your historical sleep data will be priced into your car insurance.
I dumped Fitbit when the Google acquisition was announced. Google can get bent. Their business model is slicing and dicing "anonymized" data to sell your profile to advertisers. At least Apple is pretty transparent in their desire to get people making $40k a year want to buy new phones every year.
HIPAA doesn't protect shite, especially when you agree to share "anonymized" data that can only be tracked back to you in 400 different ways. Eventually your historical sleep data will be priced into your car insurance.
I dumped Fitbit when the Google acquisition was announced. Google can get bent. Their business model is slicing and dicing "anonymized" data to sell your profile to advertisers. At least Apple is pretty transparent in their desire to get people making $40k a year want to buy new phones every year.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:41 am to CAD703X
Get a whoop
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:45 am to LemmyLives
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As CAD pointed out, it's HIPAA.
i work in online healthcare training and i've looked at more hipaa-related courseware in the last 20 years than anyone should ever have to endure.
quote:this is exactly the point i was making. how long until you can't drive a car because your aFib events or apnea events exceed a certain threshold?
Eventually your historical sleep data will be priced into your car insurance.
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Their business model is slicing and dicing "anonymized" data to sell your profile to advertisers.
phones always on..always listening. its bullshite. i can't count the # of times the wife and i started talking about some OUT OF LEFT FIELD subject and i pick my phone up that was sitting across the room an hour later and [weirdo out of left field thing] is the top story under Google Now
frick all these tech companies
Posted on 10/22/25 at 4:12 pm to JoeHackett
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They're way more expensive than the fitness trackers but something like the Vivoactive 6 isn't too bad at around $300.
Since they're on the way out, the Venu 3 models are mid-$400s. I am looking at the Venu 4, presently.
I'm just wondering how comfortable it will be to sleep.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 5:38 pm to CAD703X
In my opinion, Google screwed this up. They should have left Fitbit alone
They would have been better partnering with Garmin, that would have been a killer combo
They would have been better partnering with Garmin, that would have been a killer combo
Posted on 10/22/25 at 6:29 pm to Ace Midnight
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I'm just wondering how comfortable it will be to sleep.
It took me two or three days to get used to it. Moving from a much smaller fitness tracker was weird though. I only take my watch off when I shower, so that helped me as well. Since it's on all day I don't really notice it at night.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 9:06 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Wouldn't this data be protected by HIPPA?
I could be wrong but I believe HIPPA laws only apply to medical professionals.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 10:57 pm to Zappas Stache
It’s not fricking HIPPA. It’s HIPAA.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 11:03 pm to LemmyLives
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It’s not fricking HIPPA. It’s HIPAA.
Posted on 10/23/25 at 2:42 pm to CAD703X
quote:I don't care if the entire World knows.
don't really care if Google knows my steps per day or how much I sleep at night
what about your weight, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels or aFib events?
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