The Forgotten Risk of Fitness Trackers

The Forgotten Risk of Fitness Trackers

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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.

The Forgotten Risk of Fitness Trackers

Mar 1, 2019, 3:42pm UTC
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.