My medical records are not connected with either my Google or Samsung Health accounts. Both apps show a clean slate for health data.
Yet, my Galaxy Watch's Medication widget thumbnail shows precisely the only medication I am currently taking. And it is not a common medication people would recognize to make a good thumbnail.
Your health data is being sold behind your back.
Delete your Google, Samsung, Apple account—and do not trust any device OS that isn't FOSS.
Goodrx?
Oh dear.
Perhaps they picked up on it from subtle clues like text messages, arm movements, mentioning on a phone call, and the mic picked it up, etc.
Best to isolate for factors, or find foss solutions.
I saw one called HealthyPi.
Article: https://www.xda-developers.com/healthypi-move-open-source-fitness/
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No. The name is also difficult to say, so I didn't say it out loud.
It's also a prescription from last month. So, they are very quick.
I've heard of stories where people get ads for things same day within 30 minutes of talking about something.
I think we've all experienced cases of creepy unwanted data tracking even when we try to counteract it.
Happens all the time with normies. I guess anyone can tell you that. The creepy is the fact they think it's normal.
DId you purchase it using a payment app on your phone? Or a credit card that you have its app installed on your phone? prescription insurance app? Swipe any points card with that purchase?
Did you get an email receipt for it? These are some of the DIRECT ways this could have happened.
The indirect ways are more numerous, such as location information, activity information, heart rate, sleep pattern, fast food diet, music choices correlation and things we cant even imagine.
Someone needs to post the default thumbnail. Something seems off here.
Seriously, why is everyone asking for personal info?
You don't have to trust, but don't be a retard
Healthcare iz compromised for yrs-decades now/* started noticing after last GFC(gr8 financial crisis 2008-9)a pickuP after slower rot/* U kidz need to quit trusting & source your medz, procedures & Y/*
How these markets function and the technology that enables them is very interesting to me...
There is clearly a very high level of data indexing and I can't help but wonder how, if open sourced, that technology could be used for good.
https://rumble.com/v5yo1d8-the-time-to-move-to-linux-is-now-bad-things-are-coming-in-2025.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp Braxman has alot of great solutions!
yep
Can we even fight data collection at this point? 🤦🏻
Dude, you are using a galaxy smart watch... what do you expect.
wow
Taking a sample from users to make their algo better. Feeding and making us more sick. Creating thankless jobs.
Don't let health trackers turn into health spying devices!
Aren’t they already? I’ve stayed away from them. I mean it’s pretty straightforward isn’t it, eat decent food and exercise and the rest is luck right?
Maybe not but I have zero trust around data use now.
some people are so obsessed with health KPIs so the go all in blindly. personally, i don’t see any value unless you are a pro athlete. however, if we decide to use such tools, we should always be cautious. when choosing health trackers, we should always look for devices that allow us to “opt-out” of data sharing, have a path for account deletion, and have super transparent privacy policies.
I'm sure there's someone on earth who got run over by a car they didn't see because they were looking at their health tracker. The universe loves irony!
But that's exactly what they are. Did anyone ever think they were clever little motivational devises designed to improve one's wellbeing?
Sounds like we need more open-source wearables. 😬
I stay away from doctors unless I have a broken bone from downhill mountain biking. Hee, hee.
