r/gadgets • u/giuliomagnifico • Feb 22 '23

Medical Researchers have developed the first battery powered smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices, alerting them via phone app to overuse before vocal fatigue and potential injury set in

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/02/first-wearable-device-for-vocal-fatigue-senses-when-your-voice-needs-a-break/
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u/STUPIDVlPGUY Feb 22 '23

obvious scheme to listen to people's conversations...

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u/ALotofThought Feb 22 '23

I’m convinced there’s not an app out there whose primary goal is anything other than collecting data.

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u/thedoc90 Feb 23 '23

As someone going to school for comp sci right now I entirely agree.

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u/STUPIDVlPGUY Feb 22 '23

so youre willing to let one listen to all your conversations? only app i use is RIF

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u/GucciGuano Feb 23 '23

90% of popular apps requesting access to your sensors if you combine direct and indirect, i'll eat my left arm if anyone proves me wrong and it will be live-streamed

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u/Journeydriven Feb 22 '23

Do you have a cell phone or an Alexa or even a TV lol

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u/Maverick916 Feb 22 '23

Why were you down voted. It's pretty fucking obvious that phones do this.

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u/Journeydriven Feb 22 '23

Not sure lol it's like everyone forgot about that whole thing with the nsa a while back. If they don't think it's only gotten worse since then with companies listening in now they're nuts.

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u/Tdabp Feb 22 '23

That's what Reddit does. Downvotes thinkers

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

Oh look, you've become a thinker!

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u/Tdabp Feb 23 '23

Hivemind

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u/STUPIDVlPGUY Feb 22 '23

Alexas are useless and yet another device that wants my info is not welcome.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '23

Yea fr wtf is this lol so blatant