Samsung will delete your health data if you don't let them use it to train AI
Samsung will delete your health data if you don't let them use it to train AI
Samsung has started showing Samsung Health users a controversial notice requiring them to consent to their data being used for AI training if they want to keep their data from being deleted.David Uzondu (Neowin)
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slacktoid
in reply to Moovau • • •bowreality
in reply to slacktoid • • •Flying_Lynx
in reply to Moovau • • •>The company plans to grab four categories: your sleep, your medications, your medical records, and your cycle tracking details. The company also said that humans (maybe Samsung employees and third-party contractors) will be able to review some of the data collected.
For your own sake... let them*
^* delete the data that is.^
Shellofbiomatter
in reply to Flying_Lynx • • •Just curiosity. How the hell is US medical system set up that it's even possible for a company thats not in any way related to health have acess to medical history and meds?
Like my countries medical system is fully digitized, but there isn't even a way for a random company to acess this information.
Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
in reply to Shellofbiomatter • • •My theory is you could probably feed it your medical history yourself, or potentially speak with whichever hospital would have it and ask them to share it with Samsung
When I changed dentists, I was told to ask my former dentist to give me my records to share it with them
ParlimentOfDoom
in reply to Shellofbiomatter • • •Shellofbiomatter
in reply to ParlimentOfDoom • • •ParlimentOfDoom
in reply to Shellofbiomatter • • •Shellofbiomatter
in reply to ParlimentOfDoom • • •Polaris
in reply to Moovau • • •Jonas
in reply to Polaris • • •hexagonwin
in reply to Polaris • • •fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
in reply to Polaris • • •Melobol
in reply to Polaris • • •Just checked and couldn't find any other way.
ORbituary
in reply to Moovau • • •Clent
in reply to ORbituary • • •FauxLiving
in reply to Clent • • •When I looked into it, the health related smartwatch features that were sold specifically said that they required you to use use, and agree to the terms of service (which says they can cancel the service at any time) of, their specific apps or devices and that the data provided to these services were theirs to do with as they please.
I thought that was a terrible deal so I didn't buy one.
There are smartwatches that let you keep your data, but they require a lot more work to use.
TechLich
in reply to FauxLiving • • •Pebble are pretty good.
They don't require any work to use, have a battery life measured in weeks, not hours, keep all your health data local unless you very specifically set it up to send it to a health app, and are open source and reasonably priced.
Not an advertisement. It's still a US company, but compared with something like a Samsung thing they're pretty cool.
solrize
in reply to Moovau • • •CptOblivius
in reply to Moovau • • •quick_snail
in reply to CptOblivius • • •SteleTrovilo
in reply to Moovau • • •So I can tell them to not use my data, and they'll also delete it as a bonus?
Now I wish I'd ever given them any health data, just so I could do this.
blackbrook
in reply to SteleTrovilo • • •plenipotentprotogod
in reply to Moovau • • •☂️-
in reply to plenipotentprotogod • • •alexquiniou
in reply to Moovau • • •Use gadget bridge !
It's an open source app. Your data stay on the phone !
gadgetbridge.org/
f-droid.org/packages/nodomain.…
Gadgetbridge | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
f-droid.orgN0x0n
in reply to Moovau • • •Why would any sane person even use this kind of feature? It's not even that useful :/.
It's the kind of thing people think they needed, when actually they dont... Who the fuck needs to know how many steps you did this afternoon? Or how "good" you slept yesterday? How many calories your ate this morning...?
I haven't seen a single good use case of this kind of tracking device, except for your insurance/bank...
michaelalf
in reply to N0x0n • • •eleitl
in reply to Moovau • • •northernlights
in reply to eleitl • • •eleitl
in reply to northernlights • • •xthexder
in reply to eleitl • • •Now I have a dumb mechanical watch, and it's glorious.
filcuk
in reply to xthexder • • •Art3mis
in reply to xthexder • • •douglasg14b
in reply to eleitl • • •Indirect corporate sympathizing is what this is.
Blame consumers for the abuse and malpractice of corporations who SHOULD be publicly regulated.
This viewpoint encourages their practices by peddling the same logic these corporations use to continue justifying their practices.
partofthevoice
in reply to douglasg14b • • •The logic is just silly. They know exactly why: telemetry is a first class feature in just about any digital consumer based product. We live in a culture defined by consumerism. Social class is defined by what you can consume. Success is defined by your ability to consume more. You gotta have the fancy car, the nice shoes, the biggest house and the best suit.
Caring about telemetry, what information can be inferred from what data, and what information poses what risks in which entities hands… that line of thinking isn’t popular. Blindly consuming is popular. Showing off your cool new watch is popular.
The result is that Samsung has health data. This is right in our faces. There are no secrets, no hard puzzles, nothing of that sort. Seeds planted, and now people wonder why they have a bean staulk? Golly.
eleitl
in reply to douglasg14b • • •quick_snail
in reply to Moovau • • •freedickpics
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