Jawbone’s new Up health wristband is equal parts cool and creepy

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Sean Ludwig
Mobile Beat
November 4, 2011

Bluetooth headset maker Jawbone will soon release its new Up life monitoring wristband that’s designed to help you live a move healthy life by tracking every move you make, what you’re eating, how long you’re sleeping and how many calories you burn.

The Jawbone Up, in many ways, is a cool use of technology to tackle the problem of not being active enough. Using the wristband and an iOS app, you can get prompts to move when you sit at your desk too long, be told exactly how long you’ve slept, be prompted to wake up in accordance with your natural sleep cycle and track how many calories you eat by snapping photos of your food.

To get the most out of the product, you are expected to wear the wristband 24 hours a day. To make that possible, the Jawbone team has made the Up band water resistant and durable and it lasts 10 days on a single charge.

While all of those aspects are handy, some potential users may shy away because they don’t want a piece of technology tracking every single thing they do or eat 24 hours a day. While the data isn’t neccesarily being shared with anyone else, there is something a little creepy about a machine that knows every little thing you do in your life. Additionally, if someone else gets their hands on your iPhone, he or she may be able to see all of those things.

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2 Responses to “Jawbone’s new Up health wristband is equal parts cool and creepy”

  1. man has done well with out all this bull shit from terrorists like them

  2. UMMM…I NEVER…USE THE FOLLOWING “EPITHET”..BECAUSE WHILE I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFRONTATIONAL..I ADMIT IT….OUT OF RESPECT I NEVR USE IT..BUT NOW…I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER…..SINGLE “PHRASE” TO EXPRESS MY…SHEER AND TOTAL…HORROR…AT THIS ABSOLUTELY INSANE “PRODUCT” AND THE KIND OF “CULTURE” THAT WOULD…..SUPPORT IT..SO HERE GOES:

    “JESUS CHRIST!”

    JEEEZIS…FUGGIN…CHRIST!

    I MEAN….WHAT…IN…THE…HELL..IS…GOING..ON..IN…THIS…STAGGERINGLY…..STUPID…..”CULTURE”?

    “IF SOMEONE GET’S AHOLD OF YOUR CELL PHONE…”

    WHAT?

    W-H-A-T?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    WHAT…THE…FUHHHH?

    IS THERE…….ANYONE…..WHO DOES NOT KNOW…SOMEHOW……BY SOME IMPOSSIBLE LEVEL OF DENIAL AND…”PRETEND”….THAT THERE IS EVEN THE…SMALLEST….SLIGHTEST………CHANCE…..THAT ONE’S “CELL PHONE”….IS EVEN…REMOTELY…..”PRIVATE”?

    I MEAN I REALIZE JUST NOW I HAD NOT EVEN REALLY “THOUGHT ABOUT IT”.

    I JUST….ASSUMED…..THAT…..EVERYONE…KNEW THAT CELL PHONES ARE NOW ONLY NOT….NOT…”OPENING” WITH A “WARNING” LIKE THAT ON “TOBACCO PRODUCTS” THAT SAY’S:

    “WARNING: ANYTHING YOU SAY OR WRITE WHILE USING THIS DEVICE, CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU BY VARIOUS CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THEIR….SOLE…..REQUIREMENTS AND CAN AND WILL BE USED OR HELD AGAINST YOU IF THEY NEED TO DO THAT!”

    THERE IS….NO…..”PRIVACY” FOR ALL…ALL… CELL PHONE USERS.

    IN FACT THE MERE “USE” OF A CELL PHONE OR “SOCIAL NETWORK” IS NOW THE EXACT SAME THING AS:

    “BEING READ YOUR MIRANDA RIGHTS AND THEN WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT OR HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT!”

    BUYING AND USING A “CELL PHONE” AND IN PARTICULAR THIS EXACT KIND OF ‘TECHNOLOGY” IS LITERALLY…I MEAN I AM NOT EVEN REALLY “EXAGGERATING”..I MEAN IT IS NOW SIMPLY “THE CASE” THAT BUYING AND USING THIS “TECHNOLOGY” IS THE “SAME AS” RELINQUISHING YOUR RIGHTS.

    ESPECIALLY TO “PRIVACY” SUCH AS IT IS.

    THESE PEOPLE…THE MAKERS AND “SERVICERS” ARE AVOWED…..STATED….AGGRESSIVE..”ANTI-PRIVACY” INSTITUTIONS.

    THEY HAVE….STATED….THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY “NOT BELIEVE IN PRIVACY”…BUT IN FACT DO NOT “BELIEVE THAT ANY OF US HAS A RIGHT TO PRIVACY”.

    IN FACT THESE SAME PEOPLE ARE MAKING IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT EVEN THE “EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY” IS IN FACT:

    “SUSPECT”!

    AND OF COURSE THE “POLICE” WILL…ARE…AND WILL CONTINUE…TO SIMPLY:

    ‘TAKE’ ANY AND ALL “INFORMATION” STORED ON……ANY……DEVICE YOU HAVE.

    WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.

    THIS ONE…BLOWS MY MIND!

    THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS NATION ARE THIS….STAGGERINGLY….NAIVE…..IS…WELL..A PRETTY GOOD SIGN/INDICATOR……THAT:

    “WE’RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!”

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