So, I have to wonder if it’s even possible to get funding to build anything new these days without some sort of massive data collection scheme being included. A pacemaker might need to keep some internal logs regarding heart rate, voltages etc., but there’s no reason to have that data locked away from the user and certainly no reason to keep it for more than a few days at a time. To me this seems like a legislative solution would be required to offset the tendency to want to monetize one’s heart rate data (in conjunction with a “required” app that keeps a log of GPS locations), but I’m not convinced that the current political landscape would be a fantastic place to find such a solution. Activists in the audience, advice?
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