• bizarroland
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    132 months ago

    You can buy a cheap smartwatch that will monitor your pulse, give you a pulse oximeter reading, handle text messages and phone calls, take photos, and also within a reasonable margin of error check your blood sugar for about $35 on AliExpress.

    • @SaveMotherEarthEDF
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      122 months ago

      And ping all that data to CCP instead of our corporate overlords? No thanks

    • @[email protected]
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      2 months ago

      And if you read the manual of even the latest fancy pancy samsung or apple ones, you’ll find that it’s health monitor is nothing more than a gimmick

      • @daellat
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        42 months ago

        What do you mean with that? Depending on the recency of your device they can be quite accurate. I use a Garmin though because they last longer on battery and are a bit more oriented towards sports and health. Some studies I found back then suggested Garmin is not that far off lab testing on most metrics. Yes even the guestimated ones like vo2max.

        • @[email protected]
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          -12 months ago

          I mean what I said. There’s a reason it’s in their manual. And it’s not in the back of the “legally cover our butts’” section. It’s right next to the description of the feature itself

            • @[email protected]
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              -12 months ago

              You’d have to look up the manual specific to your device, just google 'm. Generally it’s right next to the explanation about the feature where it tells you it’s not suitable for using it to collect health data for any purpose other than that it’s fun