Should a smartwatch track the user's emotions?
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12 hours ago
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Do you think a smartwatch needs an emotion tracking chart that includes the following parameters: Anxiety, Depression, Relaxation, Fear, Positivity, Anger, Stress, Sadness, and Mania. We are planning to introduce this feature in our AI watches and would love to get feedback from potential users.
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KomoD
52 minutes ago
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No, I wouldn't want any of that. It's too personal. Especially wouldn't want it fed to some AI thing that I don't personally control.

My Samsung watch has something to measure stress, but it does it automatically and seems to think I'm stressed all the time (but maybe it's right lol)

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fsflover
11 hours ago
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Yes, if I can use the smartwatch with free software, i.e., be sure that this data will not be misused.
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Jeremy1026
1 hour ago
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What does the software being free or paid have to do with the data being or not being misused?
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fsflover
1 hour ago
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Free software as in freedom, not price. Free software allows to verify what the device does and control it by modifying the code. This is the basics of the 4 freedoms, https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-impor....
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fragmede
12 hours ago
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I don't think users are going to want to input that directly, but if it inferred it somehow that would be neat. Of course there's also the issue of data privacy, but I'm sure you're aware of that.
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hosteur
12 hours ago
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Hard no!
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