[toomuchredbull]

I actually have the opposite complaint. I would like my doctor to have access to info from my Apple Watch. Certainly I trained before a smart watch but I didn't necessarily know how fast I was going, if my metrics (like v02 max) were improving, how its affecting my heart, etc. Why would I care if Tim Cook could theoretically look up my resting bpm?

[moistbar]

> Why would I care if Tim Cook could theoretically look up my resting bpm?

Because a company can tie the timestamp of your BPM reading to your activity on your phone/desktop/what have you and judge your emotional response to whatever you're doing at the time. Psychotic as this may sound, it opens the door for a lot of particularly Orwellian mass surveillance under the guise of targeted ads. They wouldn't be knowing just what you do or buy, they'd know how you feel about it too.

[mrkeen]

Substitute 'Tim Cook' for 'law enforcement', 'theoretically' for 'warrantless fishing expedition', 'resting bpm' for 'location' & 'known associates' & 'search terms' & 'browser history'.

[bootlooped]

Those things seem more related to smartphones than smart watches.

[angrais]

Your smartphone is a sensing devices that can record medical and fitness measures. So it is important to raise alongside a wristband

[tinus_hn]

In the future you could have a hard time getting insurance, because they bought that data and can tell you’re going to require expensive care soon.