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Yes very sad - this would be a great idea if we wouldn't have to live in a f*ed up world like this.

Surveillance and Advertising are the #1 sectors to use this for.

Realtime monitoring of breathing and heart rate during A/B tests sounds like an adtech engineer's wet dream.

https://atap.google.com/soli/

"Surveillance" is exactly what the GP wants to use it for.

I think most would agree that ‘surveillance’ for increasing odds of healthy outcomes is significantly different than surveillance used to make a buck.

Would you object to blood pressure and heart surveillance if you were in the hospital?

It's still surveillance, which is the point. Making a broad statement about surveillance is ridiculous, particularly when it is made in the same breath as a statement about advertising (which is a much less nuanced situation).

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