The Forgotten Risk of Fitness Trackers

The Forgotten Risk of Fitness Trackers

5 years ago
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https://onezero.medium.com/personal-fitness-tracking-and-the-hidden-risks-of-seductive-technologies-4070bf17897f

Andrew MaynardBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingMar 1Photo: Neil Godwin/T3 Magazine/GettyFitbit recently launched a new personal fitness tracker that you won’t find in any store. The Fitbit Inspire is aimed at the corporate market—companies that want to help their workers maintain a healthy lifestyle and health insurers who understand the bottom-line benefits of members who don’t get sick.

On the surface, it’s a win-win move for Fitbit and their customers. Yet despite the promise of health, wealth, and well-being that the Inspire and similar technologies promise, this could all too easily come at the expense of consumers who find their personal data being misused.