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Title: Google to buy Fitbit in $2.1 billion deal
Post by: Homer J Simpson on November 02, 2019, 12:35:37 am

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/01/tech/fitbit-google-acquisition/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/01/tech/fitbit-google-acquisition/index.html)

Title: Re: Google to buy Fitbit in $2.1 billion deal
Post by: Towger on November 03, 2019, 07:15:01 am

Won't be long until they sell your data to your health/life insurance company.

Title: Re: Google to buy Fitbit in $2.1 billion deal
Post by: Cubdriver on November 03, 2019, 08:21:07 am

I'm now glad that my FitBit broke.

-Pat

Title: Re: Google to buy Fitbit in $2.1 billion deal
Post by: TomS_ on November 03, 2019, 01:58:30 pm

Quote from: Towger on November 03, 2019, 07:15:01 am

Won't be long until they sell your data to your health/life insurance company.

Google doesnt sell peoples data. But yes they do collect a lot of it for use by their own services, e.g. to show more personalised ads.