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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Nov 2014

    Anything you wear could be used against you…? Fitbit data evidence in court http://theverge.com/e/7000352  Via @The_Quackerpic.twitter.com/O4hU7PAxuJ

    1:43 PM - 17 Nov 2014
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      2. Stuart Dredge‏Verified account @stuartdredge 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @laurakalbag True! Although in this case, the plaintiff is using it to support her case isn’t she?

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      3. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @stuartdredge

        @stuartdredge yes. But the second part points out that this starts a precedent that could lead to data being used to prosecute @aral

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Stuart Dredge‏Verified account @stuartdredge 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @laurakalbag

        @laurakalbag @aral Oh yes, that’s what I meant by first bit. But maybe when we control our data, we can use it for good? Torn between two!

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      2. Justin Nel‏ @Cyberlane 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @The_Quacker @laurakalbag I don't own one, but could you not potentially use your own app to extract the data and store elsewhere?

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      3. Justin Nel‏ @Cyberlane 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @Cyberlane

        @aral @The_Quacker @laurakalbag if the API isn't already there, I'm quite tempted to write the code to extract it, and open source it.

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      4. Laura Kalbag‏ @laurakalbag 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @Cyberlane

        @Cyberlane no, there’s no way to extract your own data. But if you wrote something, that’d be so cool! @aral @The_Quacker

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      5. Justin Nel‏ @Cyberlane 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @laurakalbag

        @laurakalbag @aral @The_Quacker at a previous job I had to write code to pull data from hardware with no API, so I'll take a crack at it!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. New Dad Faraday‏ @MarmiteJunction 18 Nov 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @The_Quacker but wearables are so cool and trendy and they make you a more awesome person.

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      1.  🔍Lassita  🔎‏ @gronkspal 17 Nov 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @The_Quacker oh for heavens sake. Why do companies need peoples personal data? That's intrusive to the extreme.

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      2. Donnie Berkholz  🇺🇸 🌏‏Verified account @dberkholz 17 Nov 2014
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        @aral @The_Quacker: I'd imagine the reverse as well; insurance companies verifying that you're actually disabled

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      3. The Quacker‏ @The_Quacker 17 Nov 2014
        Replying to @dberkholz

        @dberkholz @aral technology is a blessing & a curse. we are living in interesting times.

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