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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 hours ago

I wonder what goes through these designers' minds

[–] MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh great, now we're all going to have to buy voice modulators that interject some kind of patterned noise that scrambles audio recording. Just like those masks that interfere with video.

The privacy arms race has begun.

In a decade we'll all be wearing privacy helmets.

Wait, that sounds kind of cool actually.

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

Daft punk was ahead of their time

[–] gnufuu@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago

"I have nothing to hide, not even the private conversation happening next to me"

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Its gonna keep a scoreboard of how much you crank your hog

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't need recaps; I was literally there.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

You will once you've got permanent brain fog from super Covid.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who is dumb enough to think they want or need this? We’re all aware that this is just more data collection, right?

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

/google anything like how to partition a drive in Linux/ /bunch of minutes-long videos appear/

nah. we will cry when when see how many humans think this is cool

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

You would be surprised. Perhaps astonished. Certainly dismayed.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Its not doing anything with my day. Don't have one, don't want one.

[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Do you ever leave your house? If so then yes this does directly affect you, other people wear them and will do so around you.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 hours ago

3 seconds of conversation with the cashier isn't much of a recap of my day.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 57 points 1 day ago
[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 day ago

Their Israeli R&D center hard at work

[–] Defectus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this even legal in the eu?

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 20 hours ago

It will be with the right bribes

[–] inbn@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

Coming soon! The iWatch U

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Who wants a recap of their day?

"You woke up at 7:22am!"
"You played stardew valley in bed for 14 hours!"
"You took minor chickie mcnuggie breaks twice today!"

Ideal day tbh

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 11 points 1 day ago

Damn, this day sounds awesome.

[–] Waggles@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are you watching me through a camera rn???

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

All these years we have been watching TV, and now the tables have turned. The TVs are watching us.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago
[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is this for people with Alzheimers? do people not remember what they did through the day or need more granuality? took a shit vs took a shit fron 9:05:47 to 9:35:48 vs did i shit today ?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 points 9 hours ago
09:05:47: You lifted the lid of the toilet   
09:05:49: You dropped your shorts and underpants   
09:06:04: Your butt cheeks made contact with the toilet seat   
09:06:07: You activated your iPhone   
09:06:09: You opened ShitTok on your iPhone   
09:06:15: You realised that nothing was forthcoming and that there must be a clog in your colon   
09:06:23: You began straining   
09:06:24: You exclaimed: "Arrrrgh, shift you nobbly bastard!"   
09:06:40: Your pulse and blood pressure reached dangerously elevated levels   
09:06:44: The crap clog finally passed your sphincter   
09:06:45: The 'bomb bay doors opened' and a satisfying torrent of last night's now-digested burrito gushed out   
09:06:51: The flow of yesterday's bean, cheese, and pork 'al pastor' eases     
09:06:55: You sighed with relief and reached for the TP     

Who wouldn't want that in their life?

[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 77 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Apple seems really focused on preventing the audio from making it off the device.

Which fine, I believe they'll make that very difficult. Apple has engineering chops.

But it's not the fucking point. I ALSO don't want every watchhole around me making transcriptions of anything I say within earshot of whoever wears one. Which will be way less noticeable than even smart glasses. Say goodbye to having an unrecorded conv in most public places.

The whitewashing of the privacy probs with this is galling.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Apple seems really focused on preventing the audio from making it off the device.

Huh? That tiny fucker uses AI to process the conversations itself?! How?

Isn't that going to drain the battery and heat up the thibg to high hells? I'm assuming it's either that or the output will be crap.

[–] freedickpics@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Once the technology is implemented and ubiquitous it would only take a secret government mandate and a gag order for the code to be altered to listen for particular words and phrases and log them

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

And its all closed source and propretieary. So no one would know.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was reading up on that and how they plan on processing it in the Secure Enclave part of the watch. My only concern though is as you move more stuff into the enclave, the bigger the attack surface for the entire enclave becomes. And then at what point is more working being done in the enclave than the rest of the watch basically becoming a useless demarcation of security.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't consent to any iWatch recording me

[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

You have to forward this to seven people for it to be true.

[–] ramius345@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have the perfect timepiece. It tells the time and that's it. It syncs to atomic time so it's always accurate and charges by solar so it's never dead. It has no transmitter or audio capabilities.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey! Mine not only tells the time, but also the day of the week and month, and has an integrated alarm clock and stopwatch. Battery lasts for seven years, keeps time to within a few minutes per year, is cheap enough so that I don't mind wearing it when I'm cycling as I can just replace it if I break it, and it has a celebrity endorsement. Of sorts, anyway.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

CASIO the Nokias of watches

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah no kidding. My calculator watch still works to this day. I did have one of those moments where a math teacher said the classic "you won't have a calculator in your pocket" and I though that's right, I have one on my wrist.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

From Casio even in 1984, with TOUCHSCREEN where you could write the numbers to calculate, Casio AT-552 Janus or the TC600 from 1980 with touchscreen keyboard. Way ahead of their time.

https://youtube.com/shorts/FDadKTNjJvw

https://youtube.com/shorts/AGUNtBmh9yw

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[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I just use a Garmin and gadget bridge. I don't bother connecting it to the internet or using it to look at text messages.

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I have a fenix 6 and honestly it's totally worth it. I plan to actually get whatever the new one is so I can ditch having a phone all the time. (call/sms/sat/gps)

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[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why would anyone want that?

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 12 points 1 day ago

No one does. That’s where we’re at in tech now. It’s never anything any consumer wants, but it’s always what the surveillance industry wants. A recap of my day is fucking useless. I was there, for fuck sake!

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[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

... in case you weren't there and missed it? I don't get it. "Today this happened." "Duh"

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[–] winkly@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s like that black mirror episode where the couple can replay their arguments

"The Entire History of You"

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